We try to better understand possible reasons for deviations between statistically-measured competitive balance (CB) and perceived CB. Moreover, we suggest answers to the following questions: are there specific dimensions of CB that are perceived to be significantly less balanced in the Danish...

The theory of competitive balance represents one of the core concepts of sports economics. Based upon an international research project analyzing the perception of competitive balance by consumers (Pawlowski 2013a, 2013b; Pawlowski & Budzinski 2013, 2014), we argue in this paper that behavioural...

Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Bedeutung des Spitzensports erfordert in zunehmendem Masse auch eine ökonomische Betrachtung. Das wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Instrumentarium eignet sich zudem hervorragend, um zentrale Fragen im Bereich des nichtkommerziellen Freizeit- und Breitensports...