Among his colleagues in North America and Europe, Ross Booth was synonymous with Australian sports economics. He was a dedicated scholar, a champion footballer, and even a better bloke. He will be deeply missed.
BoothD. R. (2004). The economics of achieving competitive balance in the Australian Football League, 1897–2004. Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, 23(4), 325–344. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00986.x
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BoothD. R. (2005). Comparing competitive balance in Australian sports leagues: Does a salary cap and player draft measure up?Sport Management Review, 8(2), 119–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1441-3523(05)70036-X
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BoothD. R. (2008). The A-league: A new league for Australia, from old soccer to new football. In P.Burke & J.Senyard (Eds.), Behind the play: Football in Australia (pp. 221–238). Maribyrnong Press.
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BoothD. R. (2013). Media coverage and pay in women’s basketball and netball in Australia. In Handbook on the economics of women in sports (pp. 410–426). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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BoothD. R.BrooksR. (2011). Violence in the Australian football league: Good or bad? In JewellR. T. (Ed.), Violence and aggression in sporting contests: Economics, history and policy (pp. 133–151). Springer.
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BoothD. R.BrooksR.DiamondN. (2012a). Player salaries and revenues in the Australian football league 2001–2009: Theory and evidence. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 23(2), 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/103530461202300204
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BoothD. R.BrooksR.DiamondN. (2012b). The declining player share of AFL clubs and league revenue, 2001–2009: Where has the money gone?Labour & Industry: A Journal of the Social and Economic Relations of Work, 22(4), 433–445. https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2012.10669450
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FrostL.SchuwalowP.BorrowmanL. (2012). Labour market regulation and team performance: The Victorian Football League’s Coulter Law, 1930–1970. Sport Management Review, 15(3), 276–287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2012.01.004
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JuddeC.BoothD. R.BrooksR. (2013). Second place is first of the losers: An analysis of competitive balance in formula one. Journal of Sports Economics, 14(4), 411–439. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002513496009
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LentenL. (2009). Unobserved components in competitive balance and match attendances in the Australian Football League, 1945–2005: Where is all the action happening?Economic Record, 85, 181–196. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00545.x
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MacDonaldR.BoothD. R. (2007). Around the grounds: A comparative analysis of football in Australia. In StewartB. (Ed.), The games are not the same: The political economy of football in Australia (pp. 236–331). Melbourne University Publishing.
