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We estimate the economic effects of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Our difference in difference model checks for serial correlation and allows for a simultaneous test of level and trend effects, but otherwise follows HOTCHKISS, MOORE, & ZOBAY (2003) in this journal. We were not able to...
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Using the case of the new stadiums for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany, this paper is the first multivariate work that examines the potential income and employment effects of new stadiums outside of the USA. This study is also the first work on this topic that conducts tests on the basis of a...
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This study analyses the sports infrastructure of Hamburg, Germany, from the residents’ perspective. Empirical evidence … is provided for the Sports Place Theory developed by BALE (2003) using a micro-level dataset of 1,319 sports facilities …’ endowment of sports infrastructure is captured by potentiality variables, while accounting for natural and unnatural barriers …
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The concept of competitive balance is a central aspect in the literature of sports economics. A popular argumentation … the league. Following this line of reasoning and alleging a negative trend in competitive sports functionaries often try …
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