Super Golfonomics

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.

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



Readership: Researchers and students who are interested in applying economics principles to the game of Golf.
Key Features:


There are no competing titles (except Golfonomics)
Contains new, up-to-date, cutting edge scholarship
Interesting to golfers, fans of golf, students of economics, and students of sports economics