The COVID-19 pandemic has issued an unprecedented challenge to the world s population. Sports, a hitherto growing industry, marks no exception. Athletes, clubs, and associations were hit largely unprepared when major sports events, such as tennis tournaments, football seasons, and the Olympic...

Skispitzensport hat wirtschaftliche und soziale Effekte, die durch private Mittel nicht vollständig abgegolten werden. Aus ökonomischer Sicht ist daher eine Mitfinanzierung des Skispitzensports durch die öffentliche Hand gerechtfertigt. Die Schätzung dieser durch den Skispitzensport...

The Winter World Masters Games (WWMGs) are a large sports event for 30+-year-old athletes. As there are neither competitive qualification requirements for participants, nor entrance fees for spectators, the event can be considered as a participatory sports tourism event rather than a spectator...

This paper studies the effects of hosting Olympic Games on the regional economy in the short- and long-run. For identification, runners-up in the Olympic bidding process are used to construct the counterfactual for Olympic host regions. In the short-run, hosting Summer Olympics boosts regional...