The Economic Theory of Professional Team Sports: An Analytical Treatment

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The market for football club investors: a review of theory and empirical evidence from professional European football (2017, background): “In general, European football club owners may have two motives to go public (Késenne, 2014).”
Do Sports Fans Really Value Uncertainty of Outcome?Evidence from the English Premier League (2008, unknown): “…various league intervention measures are likely to be effective in reducing perceived competitive imbalances in sports leagues (see Fort & Quirk, 1995; Késenne, 2007; Solow & Krautmann, 2007; Szymanski, 2003; Szymanski & Késenne, 2004 for just a selection of analyses covering various sports).”
Soft budget constraints in professional football (2012, unknown): “…2ff; Cairns, Jennett, & Sloane, 1986, p. 10; Downward & Dawson, 2000, p. 27f; Downward, Dawson, & Dejonghe, 2009, p. 196; Hamil et al., 2010, p. 401; Kesenne, 2007, p. 4; Lago et al., 2006, p. 5; Sandy, Sloane, & Rosentraub, 2004, p. 11; Sloane, 2006; Solberg & Haugen, 2010, p. 331; Szymanski,…”
A tale of two audiences: Spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football (2009, background): “The uncertainty of outcome hypothesis is usually taken to mean that attendances rise with home win strength (or win probability) at decreasing rate (see Késenne, 2007; Rascher, 1999).”