The Economics of Sports

Leeds, Michael A.; Allmen, Peter von; Matheson, Victor A.

doi:10.4324/9781315167947

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“…Amid an increase in cash flow from the sale of the broadcasting rights, all 4.38 (English Premier League), and 3.77 (French Ligue 1). This measure is generally used to measure long-run competitive balance, where the higher the value of the HHI, the lower the level of long-run competitive balance in a league (Eckard, 1998;Leeds & von Allmen, 2016).…”

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Competitive Intensity, Fans’ Expectations, and Match-Day Tickets Sold in the Italian Football Serie A, 2012-2015

Bond

Addesa

2019

Journal of Sports Economics

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This article investigates the impact of the competitive intensity (CI) on the stadium attendance for Italian soccer in three Serie A seasons (2012-13 to 2014-15). The central element of novelty concerning the existing literature is that fans expectations are also included among the explanatory variables of the Tobit model. Our results show that CI has a significant impact on match-day attendance in relation to all the sporting prizes but Europa League qualification. Moreover, we find evidence supporting the existence of reference-dependent preferences, where the attendance increases when the home team rank is higher than the preseason expectations.

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Competitive Intensity, Fans’ Expectations, and Match-Day Tickets Sold in the Italian Football Serie A, 2012-2015

Bond

Addesa

2019

Journal of Sports Economics

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“…The researchers were surprised that the benefits of creating a sense of national pride and enhancing international exposure did not outweigh any perceived economic benefits. Studies often showed the economic gains via direct spending via visitors and induced tourism are the most visible and heavily anticipated positive impact for hosting international sporting events (Florek et al 2008, Kim et al 2006, Leeds et al 2018, Ritchie et al 2010.…”

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“…Past research has indicated that hosting mega sporting events such as the Olympics and the FIFA World Championship is a great way to promote national pride and international image (Leeds et al 2018, Sage et al 2018, Wood 2006. Although there is no concrete single definition of mega sporting events, whether they occur regularly or infrequently, they generally command a high level of public interest and media attention (Leeds et al 2018). In addition, these events can attract numerous participants and spectators to visit the host country or city.…”

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Taiwanese Residents’ Perceived Social, Economic, Recreational and Political Benefits for Hosting the 2017 Universiade Games

Chen¹,

Lee²,

Dongfang³

et al. 2019

AJSPO

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Hosting mega sporting events has been viewed as a great method to provide the host city and nation publicity, recognition, pride, and even economic benefits. This study aims to investigate the perceptions of Taiwanese residents on the social, economic, recreational, and political impact for hosting 2017 World University Games. The researchers used a self-created 7-point Likert survey to collect 1,021 responses from February to April of 2017. The survey covered four main constructs: (1) National and Cultural Spirit and Hospitality, (2) Financial and Recreational Factor, (3) Negative Social Consequences, and (4) Support for the Events and Political Concern. The results of the study showed the perceived positive benefits also outweighed the negative concerns associated with the events. Participants' game attending willingness was best predicted by the rating of "national and cultural spirt and hospitality." However, the notion of using this sporting event as a tool to bring peace and to ease the political tension between China and Taiwan was not observed. Finally, recommendations for promoting future large sporting events in Taiwan were offered. Strategies included targeting young individuals under 30 years of age, as well as emphasizing the potential growth of tourism and recreational benefits.

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“…Moreover, because the theory posits that more income allows people to satisfy more of their preferences (costs held constant), measures of GDP have been used to monitor social progress for eighty years or so. Such economic approaches to valuing sport are widespread in sport research and policy as well (Leeds and Von Allmen 2016). The value of, for instance, taking part in sport programmes, having new facilities built in the local area or hosting sport events is thus reflected by people's choices in regardor, equivalently, by the amount of money they are willing to pay for them.…”

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Defining and measuring subjective well-being for sport policy

Testoni

Mansfield

Dolan

2018

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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This paper makes the case for assessing the value of sport based on people's reports of subjective well-being (SWB), i.e. how they feel. We compare SWB to conventional definitions of well-being. We discuss how SWB is measured, distinguishing between evaluations (e.g. lifesatisfaction) and experiences (feelings held moment to moment). We then consider evidence on the impact of sport on both evaluations and experiences of SWB, showing that the two give rise to different insights. We argue that measures that focus on how people feel as they go about their lives are better suited to account for the value of sport. We conclude by encouraging the measurement of experiences of SWB in sport policy.

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The Economics of Sports

Cited by 42 publications

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Competitive Intensity, Fans’ Expectations, and Match-Day Tickets Sold in the Italian Football Serie A, 2012-2015

Competitive Intensity, Fans’ Expectations, and Match-Day Tickets Sold in the Italian Football Serie A, 2012-2015

Taiwanese Residents’ Perceived Social, Economic, Recreational and Political Benefits for Hosting the 2017 Universiade Games

Defining and measuring subjective well-being for sport policy

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