mega sport events, such as the Summer and Winter Olympics or the World Championships in different sports. For the …

The Winter World Masters Games (WWMGs) are a large sports event for 30+-year-old athletes. As there are neither … participatory sports tourism event rather than a spectator event. In 2020, the WWMGs were staged in Innsbruck, Tyrol. In this study … and organizational expenditure. Furthermore, we discuss the peculiarities of the masters sports concept. Our empirical …

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 …

workers’ productivity levels. Professional sports offer a potential solution, since the performance of individual sportspeople …

This paper reviews the empirical literature assessing the effects of subsidies for professional sports franchises and … sports subsidies cannot be justified on the grounds of local economic development, income growth or job creation, those … oppose sports subsidies. In addition to reviewing the empirical literature, we describe the economic intuition that probably …