1.6 Are professional football clubs, such as FC Barcelona, profit-maximizing monopolies? Some observers of this market have...

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1.6 Are professional football clubs, such as FC Barcelona, profit-maximizing monopolies? Some observers of this market have contended that football club owners want to maximize attendance or revenue.

Alexander (2001) says that one test of whether a firm is a profit-maximizing monopoly is to check whether the firm is operating in the elastic portion of its demand curve (which he finds is true). Why is that a relevant test? What would the elasticity be if a football club were maximizing revenue?

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Managerial Economics And Strategy

ISBN: 9780135640944

2nd Global Edition

Authors: Jeffrey M. Perloff, James A. Brander

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