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Is there a gender difference in the ability to deal with failures? : evidence from professional golf tournaments
Rosenqvist, Olof - 2016
Recent experimental evidence suggests that women in general are more discouraged than men by failures which potentially can explain why women, on average, are less likely than men to reach top positions in firms. This paper provides the first quasi-experimental evidence from the field on this...
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Measuring customer discrimination : evidence from the professional cricket league in India
Sur, Pramod Kumar; Sasaki, Masaru - 2018
. This paper examines customer discrimination considering a unique dataset from the most popular sports industry in India, i …
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Golf Tourism in Jakarta?
Pairunan, Priscilla; Anantadjaya, Samuel P. D.; Zainal, … - 2012
There are hundreds of golf courses throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Those golf courses were originally designed by the world’s famous designers. Most of those golf courses are located in the scenically locations, which allow golfers to enjoy the picturesque beauty of Indonesia. Jakarta,...
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The Economic Consequences of Professional Sports Strikes and Lockouts: Revisited
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2006
Professional sports franchises have used the lure of economic riches as an incentive for cities to construct new … increase in taxable sales in the host metropolitan area. In addition, using the numerous work stoppages in professional sports … professional sports due to strikes and lockouts. …
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Franchise Relocations, Expansions, and Mergers in Professional Sports Leagues
Daniel, Rascher - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
with one major league providing top level play, begging the question of whether sports leagues are natural monopolies. This …
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The Economic Consequences of Professional Sports Strikes and Lockouts: Revisited
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2006
Professional sports franchises have used the lure of economic riches as an incentive for cities to construct new … increase in taxable sales in the host metropolitan area. In addition, using the numerous work stoppages in professional sports … professional sports due to strikes and lockouts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005429857
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Youth sports and the accumulation of human capital : positive contributions to cognitive and non-cognitive skills justify public support of youth sports
Leeds, Michael A. - 2015
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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The economics of discrimination : evidence from basketball
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2009
This Chapter reviews evidence on discrimination in basketball, primarily examining studies on race but with some discussion of gender as well. I focus on discrimination in pay, hiring, and retention against black NBA players and coaches and pay disparities by gender among college coaches. There...
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Leistung, Identifikation oder die Unsicherheit über den Spielausgang – was zählt wirklich? : relevante Einflussfaktoren auf die Zuschauerzahlen in der Basketball-Bundesliga
Geyer, Hannah - 2010
Medien sowie Vertreter des Deutschen Basketball-Bundes kritisieren immer wieder die gerin-gen Einsatzzeiten deutscher Spieler in der Basketball-Bundesliga und die daraus resultieren-den mangelnden Identifikationsmöglichkeiten der Zuschauer mit den Spielern. Der Artikel analysiert daher...
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Does attractiveness win? : on the gender-specific impact of attractiveness on athletic performance in tennis
Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit - 2016
This study examines whether there are gender-specific differences in regard to physical attractiveness of professional tennis players and their performance. For this purpose, the top 100 male and female tennis players of the tennis world ranking in 2014 are examined. Athletic performance is...
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