This paper presents a comparison of health-related data from two surveys of British adults. Respondents from one survey formed a representative sample of the British population, whilst respondents from the other were characterised by their participation in sport. Statistical analysis revealed...

In an environment in which both buyers and sellers can undertake match specific investments, the presence of market competition for matches may solve hold-up and coordination problems generated by the absence of complete contingent contracts. In particular, this paper shows that when marching is...

This paper examines and compares the self-perceived health (SPH) of a sample of sports participants (n=1385) and a matched sample of non-participants (n=292). Ratings of health were generally found to be favourable among both samples, but a non-parametric analysis of their distributions revealed...

In an environment in which both workers and firms undertake match specific investments, the presence of market competition for matches may solve the hold-up problems generated by the absence of complete contingent contracts. In particular, this paper shows that in a world in which workers' and...

This paper presents fresh evidence which examines health in relation to age, sex, socio-economic status, sport type and frequency amongst indoor sports participants. The evidence is from 4441 self-completed questionnaires by representative samples of adult participants in seven indoor sports at...

This paper investigates the behaviour of bodies or organizations, operating in a stochastic environment, where there is a delegated decision maker.  A crucial decision is when to delegate to another decision maker.  The problem may be intrapersonal, as occurs when there are endogenously...

In an environment in which both buyers and sellers can undertake match specific investments, the presence of market competition for matches may solve hold-up and coordination problems generated by the absence of complete contingent contracts. In particular, this paper shows that when matching is...