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Measuring the Negative Externalities of a Private Leisure Activity : Hooligans and Pickpockets Around the Stadium
Montolio, Daniel - 2015
possibility of taxing the negative externalities associated with the staging of football matches. Focusing specifically on theft … played by Football Club Barcelona (FCB) and geocoded crime data for the city of Barcelona (Spain), we assess whether there is … (ESDA) and a spatial regression at the census tract level, we determine the effect of football matches on crime by comparing …
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Suspense-Optimal College Football Playoffs
Olson, Jarrod; Stone, Daniel F. - 2013
US college football's traditional bowl system, and lack of a postseason playoff tournament, has been controversial for …
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Sports Stadiums and Local Economic Activity : Evidence from Sales Tax Collections
Bradbury, John Charles - 2021
Though most studies find that sports stadiums are not strong drivers of economic activity in metropolitan areas, localized development effects may be sufficient to justify public subsidies for a host municipality if circumstances are favorable. This analysis examines the economic ramifications...
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The impact of college football games on local sales tax revenue : evidence from four cities in Texas
Coates, Dennis; Depken, Craig A. - In: Eastern economic journal 35 (2009) 4, pp. 531-547
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Competitive balance and assortative matching in the German Bundesliga
Sittl, Roman; Warnke, Arne Jonas - 2016
In this paper we consider trends in the distribution of player talent across association football clubs over time …
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Four cases in sports competition policy: baseball, judo, football, and motor racing
Budzinski, Oliver - 2017
antitrust exemption, access rules to Judo tournaments, sale systems of media rights in European football as well as a unique … some competitors in Formula One motor racing. Eventually, the areas of state aid to football clubs and mergers in Danish … football are sketched. …
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Sectoral labour market effects of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Feddersen, Arne; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2010
Using the case of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, this study is the first to test the employment effects of a mega-sporting event on the basis of data that are both regional and sectoral. It is also the first study of sporting events to use a non-parametric test method. Earlier studies on the World Cup...
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The willigness to pay for a German win of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit; Dilger, Alexander - 2015
We examine the value of sporting success of the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil by using a method that allows … Germany (n=549), the WTP increased with the success of the German national football team and respondents were willing to pay …
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On the economic impact of international sport events : microevidence from survey data at the EURO 2008
Lamla, Michael; Straub, Martin; Girsberger Seelaus, … - 2012
Using firm-level data for up to 707 Swiss hotels and restaurants we evaluate the economic impact of the EURO 2008 soccer championship. Although aggregated macro data reveal no economic impact, we report an overall negative effect based on the surveyed companies. Notably the reported effects of...
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What does Germany expect to gain from hosting the 2006 football World Cup : macroeconomic and regionaleconomic effects
Ahlert, Gerd - 2005
hosting the football world cup 2006. The results have been prepared in the years 2000 and 2001 using the sport … necessary investments - the staging of the football World Cup positively influences income and employment. …
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