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Can New Orleans Play Its Way Past Katrina? The Role of Professional Sports in the Redevelopment of New Orleans
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2006
country concerning strategies for reconstructing the City. Both of New Orleans’s professional sports teams, the National … in devising a reconstruction plan. New Orleans has hosted a disproportionate share of mega-sports events in the United … professional sports and mega-events in the United States. This paper examines the economic impact of professional sports on the New …
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NFL Governance and the Fate of the New Orleans Saints: Some Observations
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2007
Prior to 2005, New Orleans had struggled to retain its NFL franchise. The Saints remained in the city, despite an outdated stadium and small media market, only through generous direct public subsidies to the team. Paradoxically, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in September 2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005549343
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NFL Governance and the Fate of the New Orleans Saints: Some Observations
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2007
Prior to 2005, New Orleans had struggled to retain its NFL franchise. The Saints remained in the city, despite an outdated stadium and small media market, only through generous direct public subsidies to the team. Paradoxically, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in September 2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005429873
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Have Public Finance Principles Been Shut Out in Financing New Sports Stadiums for the NFL in the United States?
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2005
Over the past 15 years, new stadiums in the National Football League have been built at an unprecedented rate, and most new facilities have utilized significant public funds. This paper looks at whether the methods used to finance these new facilities honored public finance principles regarding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545442
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Have public finance principles been shut out in financing new sports facilities in the United States?
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE - 2005
Over the past 15 years, new stadiums in the National Football League have been built at an unprecedented rate, and most new facilities have utilized significant public funds. This paper looks at whether the methods used to finance these new facilities honored public finance principles regarding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731705
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Returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Paxson, Christina; Rouse, Cecilia - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
Hurricane Katrina displaced approximately 650,000 people and destroyed or severely damaged 217,000 homes along the Gulf Coast. Damage was especially severe in New Orleans, and the return of displaced residents to this city has been slow. The fraction of households receiving mail (which, in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279381
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Returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Paxson, Christina; Rouse, Cecilia - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
Hurricane Katrina displaced approximately 650,000 people and destroyed or severely damaged 217,000 homes along the Gulf Coast. Damage was especially severe in New Orleans, and the return of displaced residents to this city has been slow. The fraction of households receiving mail (which, in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005548094
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A Direct Test of the Homevoter Hypothesis
Depken, Craig A. Depken, II; Dehring, Carolyn A.; Ward, … - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2007
We propose a methodology that facilitates a direct test of the homevoter hypothesis, which posits that homeowner/voter support for a public good project is positively related to the project’s expected effect on property values. First, we estimate how events that indicate an increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731678
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PILOTs and Public Policy: Steering through the Economic Ramifications
Humphreys, Brad; Matheson, Victor - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2008
A recent IRS ruling has allowed the new Yankees Stadium construction project to be financed by a tax exempt bond offering backed by payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS). This decision appears to contradict the spirit of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. From an economic standpoint, the question is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004168
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PILOTs and Public Policy: Steering through the Economic Ramifications
Humphreys, Brad; Matheson, Victor - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008
A recent IRS ruling has allowed the new Yankees Stadium construction project to be financed by a tax exempt bond offering backed by payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS). This decision appears to contradict the spirit of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. From an economic standpoint, the question is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731679