The aim of this article is to extend the standard neoclassical consumer theory to explain the
allocation of individual time to physical activity and sports. The authors assume a Constant …

Recent studies have analyzed theoretical models of sport participation. They claimed that
sports activities relate to health and happiness and that there are various factors which …

Over the last few decades, the power struggle between nations to win medals in major
international competitions has intensified. This has led to sporting organizations and …

Sport Policy: a comparative analysis of stability and change builds on the growing general
interest in the comparative study of sport policy and the more specific interest in processes of …

Recent political and policy concerns with social inclusion, civic renewal and 'joined
up'government have placed debates about social capital at the centre of a number of areas …

Modern Olympic Games have always attracted significant public attention, but the level of
social, political and economic mobilization generated by the 2012 London Olympics, even …

Sports Economics is the ideal introduction for all sport management and sport policy
students and those for whom economics is a relatively new area of study. The book will also …

It is widely believed that school physical education (PE) is or, at the very least, can (even
should) be a crucial vehicle for enhancing young people's engagement with physically …

This article provides a unique opportunity to compare gender inequalities in sports
participation across Europe, and the extent to which this varies by age using large, cross …

Originally, running was a sporting activity which was mainly, if not only, practised by
competitive athletes in private track and field clubs or through extracurricular school and …