Description
Book Synopsis
Super Golfonomics continues along the path of Professor Shmanske's pathbreaking Golfonomics. It uses economic and statistical analysis of the sport of golf for three main purposes, (1) For the enjoyment of golfers and fans of professional golf, (2) to teach a little economics and show how it can be used to analyze the game of golf, and (3) to use golf statistics and golf course statistics to comment on social, political, and economic issues like gender discrimination, inefficient pricing and public finance. Professor Shmanske pioneered the field of golf economics with his early writings in Golfonomics. Now, Super Golfonomics presents his more recent scholarship in the field in a form accessible to an intelligent, general readership.
Table of Contents
Introduction; The Economics of Slow Play; Golf Course Waiting: The Good, the Bad ... Golf Course Waiting:... and the Ugly; Consistency or Heroics; Skills, Performance, and Earnings in the Tournament Compensation Model: Evidence from PGA TOUR Microdata; Gender Discrimination Revisited; Gender and Driving Distance; To Play or not to Play: The Skills Match; To Enter or not to Enter: Another Look; To Bet or not to Bet: Sports Gambling, Golf, and Efficient Markets; Still Looking for Economic Impact: The Case of the Golf Majors; The Best of the Rest;
