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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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. However, professional sports markets have largely been neglected so far in this kind of research although they possess the … of sports events and outlining problems where an application of this theoretical framework is likely to provide valuable … insights and to add to the existing knowledge. Among these problems are integrative pricing strategies of sports clubs towards …
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sports markets have largely been neglected so far in this kind of research although they possess the characteristics of … multisided markets. We contribute to filling this gap by describing the platform elements of professional suppliers of sports … add to the existing knowledge. Among these problems are integrative pricing strategies of sports clubs towards such …
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participation in that sport. This study is the first to analyse the impact of sports heroes on the membership figures of the … corresponding sports association by means of an econometric analysis. We do so by evaluating the so-called "Boris Becker effect" by …
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Participation in sports activities combined with unique sports resources can provide people with extraordinary … experiences. It is especially true for tourism where sports activities are an important content of stay. The aim of this paper is … to analyse how sports experiences could be planned and managed for the tourism purposes from the aspect of sports …
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This paper assesses the role of distance in professional team sports, taking the example of football (soccer). We argue …
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Clock rule changes were introduced in the 2006 season with the goal of reducing the average duration of the game; these changes were reversed in 2007. In addition, in 2007 the kickoff rule was changed to create more excitement and potentially more scoring. We examine what happened to actual and...
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While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and labour-market outcomes, the mechanisms through which these benefits accrue are not well established. We use data from a large public-school district to retrieve an estimate of the...
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(possibly together with the sports association) violates European competition law in two ways. First, it allegedly abuses its … and enforcing a heavily biased horizontal allocation of media revenues, benefitting the cartel teams. Professional sports … sports authority and the participants, and (ii) horizontal allocation among the participants. Different professional sports …
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participation in that sport. This study is the first to analyze the impact of sports heroes on the membership figures of the … corresponding sports association by means of an econometric analysis. We do so by evaluating the so-called 'Boris Becker effect' by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133945