Dr. Ross Booth

Ross was the Department's Director of Teaching (and Chair of the Teaching Committee) and Undergraduate Studies Coordinator in 2008. He also held a 0.6 fractional appointment with the Faculty as Course Director for the BCom, BEc and allied double degree programs at the Clayton campus. Ross has taught Sports Economics at both Clayton and Caulfield campuses since introducing the unit in 2002. His main research interest is the economics of professional team sports leagues, especially the Australian Football League.  His research has been published in international books International Sports Economics Comparisons and the Edward Elgar Handbook on the Economics of Sports, and most recently in the The Games are not the Same: The Political Economy of Football in Australia; as well as in Australian journals Economic Papers and Sport Management Review. He is a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Sport Finance and the International Journal of the History of Sport. Since 1988, Ross has complemented his academic interest in sports economics with football commentary on the Victorian Football League for ABC TV and radio. Ross is a life member of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) having been a Board member from 1986, and has been a member of the VCE Economics Examination Setting Panel since 2003.

Ross.Booth@BusEco.monash.edu.au

ECC2450 Sports Economics (Clayton)
ECF2450 Sports Economics (Caulfield)

The economics of professional team sports leagues, particularly the Australian Football League. 

Booth, D R, The A-League: A new league for Australia, from old soccer to new football, Behind the Play: Football in Australia, Maribyrnong Press, Hawthorn Vic Australia, pp221-238, 9780975238448, Peter Burke and June Senyard, 2008

Booth, D R, Executive interview: Andrew Demetriou, CEO of the Australian Football League, International Journal of Sport Finance, Fitness Information Technology Inc., United States, Vol.2, 3, pp123-129, 1558-6235, 2007

Booth, D R & Macdonald, R D, Around the grounds: A comparative analysis of football in Australia, The Games Are Not the Same: The Political Economy of Football in Australia, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South Vic Australia, 1, pp236-331, 9780522853667, Bob Stewart, 2007

Booth, D R, Some economic effects of changes to gate-sharing arrangements in the Australian Football League, Football Fever: Moving the Goalposts, Maribyrnong Press, Hawthorn Vic Australia, 1, pp115-132, 0975238434, Matthew Nicholson, Bob Stewart and Rob Hess, 2006

Booth, D R, The economic development of the Australian Football League, Handbook on the Economics of Sport, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham UK, 1, pp552-563, 1843766086, Wladimir Andreff and Stefan Szymanski, 2006

Booth, D R, Revenue sharing, Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport, Volume III, Berkshire Publishing Group, USA, pp1262-1264, 0974309117, David Levinson and Karen Christensen, 2005

Booth, D R, Comparing competitive balance in Australian sports leagues: does a salary cap and player draft measure up?, Sport Management Review, Sport Management Association of Australia & New Zealand, Australia, Vol.8, 2, pp119-143, 1441-3523, 2005

Booth, D R, Labor market intervention, revenue sharing, and competitive balance in the Australian Football League, 1897-2002, International Sports Economics Comparisons, Praeger Publishers, Westport USA, 1, pp319-336, 0275980324, Rodney Fort and John Fizel, 2004

Booth, D R, The economics of achieving competitive balance in the Australian Football League, 1897-2004, , Economic Society of Australia, St Ives NSW, Vol.23, 4, pp325-344, 0812-0439, 2004

Booth, R, History of Player Recruitment, Transfer and Payment Rules in the Victorian and Australian Football League, Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, Australian Society for Sports History, University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia, pp13-33, June, 1997