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Youth sports and the accumulation of human capital : positive contributions to cognitive and non-cognitive skills justify public support of youth sports
Leeds, Michael A. - 2015
In response to declining budgets, many school districts in the US have reduced funding for sports. In Europe, parents … may respond to difficult economic times by spending less on sports clubs for their children. Such cuts are unwise if … participating in sports is an investment good as well as a consumption good and adds to students' human capital. The value of sports …
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Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues: An Introduction
Zimbalist, Andrew S. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 2, pp. 111-121
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Interleague Play and Baseball Attendance
Butler, Michael R. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 4, pp. 320-334
The effects of interleague play on baseball attendance are estimated via a model of daily attendance from the 1999 season. The results suggest that interleague play results in about a 7% increase in attendance over a comparable intraleague game, yielding an increase in revenue from ticket sales...
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Production and Efficiency in Association Football
Carmichael, Fiona; Thomas, Dennis; Ward, Robert - In: Journal of Sports Economics 2 (2001) 3, pp. 228-243
of other, more interactive sports. This study attempts to partly fill the gap by using a new data source containing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367709
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Testing the Causality between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer
Hall, Stephen; Szymanski, Stefan; Zimbalist, Andrew S. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 2, pp. 149-168
The link between team payroll and competitive balance plays a central role in the theory of team sports but is seldom …
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The Economic Impact of Postseason Play in Professional Sports
Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 3, pp. 291-299
An empirical examination of the determinants of real per capita income in cities with professional sports teams from … professional sports franchises or facilities. …
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Economic Return on Schooling for Soccer Players
Barros, Carlos Pestana - In: Journal of Sports Economics 2 (2001) 4, pp. 369-378
that the sports market barely compensates the cost of education in accordance with the theory on the economic return on …
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A Note on Consistent Players' Valuation
Esteller-Moré, Alejandro; Eres-García, Montserrat - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 4, pp. 354-360
inconsistent. However, sports statistics do not reflect consistency. To take into account this characteristic seriously, the …
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Superstar Effects in Sport: Evidence From Italian Soccer
Lucifora, Claudio; Simmons, Rob - In: Journal of Sports Economics 4 (2003) 1, pp. 35-55
This article investigates wage determination among professional soccer players appearing in the Italian league. Given the popularity of "top" soccer players, the relationship between individual productivity and pay can lead to "superstar" effects. In that context, the marginal revenue product of...
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The Many Dimensions of Competitive Balance
Sanderson, Allen R. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 3 (2002) 2, pp. 204-228
aspects in sports that do not involve allocations of economic resources directly but nevertheless affect outcomes and balance …
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