Local governments routinely subsidize sports stadiums and arenas using the justification
that hosting professional franchises produces economic development and social benefits in …

Sport mega-events have taken on an elevated profile and assumed a key role as urban and
regional development strategies. While a number of studies have investigated the potential …

The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of
microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds …

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 …

Major sporting events such as the Olympics are usually assessed in terms of economic
impacts. Recently, policy makers have begun to place greater emphasis on possible …

We estimate the effect of proximity to two sports facilities in Columbus, OH, on residential
property values. Results from a spatial hedonic model indicate that the presence of sports …

Research question: Monetary valuation of non-market goods has become increasingly
important to inform sport managers and policy makers. This article set out to conduct a …

This paper addresses the complexity of the assessment and analysis of the economic flows
generated by sporting events. It stands out the knowledge and analysis of the characteristics …

In this paper we study the feasibility of estimating a monetary value for a QALY (MVQ). Using
two different surveys of the Spanish population (total n= 892), we consider whether …

North American cities have long encouraged redevelopment of their downtown cores to
counteract the flight of residents and business to the suburbs in the postwar period. Building …