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Mega-sporting Events as Experience Goods
Heyne, Malte; Maennig, Wolfgang; Süssmuth, Bernd - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2007
This paper tests the hypothesis that a nation’s hosting of a mega-sporting event is an experience good for its residents. Applying data from an ex-ante and ex-post query based on contingent valuation methods, we use the Soccer World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. The significant ex-post...
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The Effect of Sports Franchises on Property Values: The Role of Owners versus Renters
Matheson, Victor; Kiel, Katherine A.; Sullivan, Christopher - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2010
This paper estimates the public benefits to homeowners in cities with NFL franchises by examining housing prices rather than housing rents. In contrast to Carlino and Coulson (2004) we find that the presence of an NFL franchise has no effect on housing prices in a city. Furthermore, we also test...
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Economics of the Super Bowl
Matheson, Victor - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2010
The Super Bowl is America’s premier sporting event. This paper details basic economic facts about the game and examines the controversy surrounding the purported economic impact of the game on host communities. While the league and sports boosters claim that the game brings up to a $500...
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Insolvency in English professional football: Irrational Exuberance or Negative Shocks?
Szymanski, Stefan - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2012
Insolvency is an endemic problem in the world of European football. This paper uses a unique database of financial … accounts for English football clubs between 1974 and 2010 to examine the causes of insolvency. Two alternative hypotheses are …
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An Evaluation of the Economic Impact of National Football League Mega-events
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2011
This paper evaluates the magnitude and the economic impact of NFL mega-events including the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl. The paper also reviews the theory behind the usual findings that the observed economic benefits of mega-events are almost always a fraction of the benefits claimed a priori.
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International Women's Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisited
Matheson, Victor; Congdon-Hohman, Joshua - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2011
A number of authors have identified the determinants of success in international sporting competitions such as the Olympics and soccer’s World Cup. This paper serves to update past work on international women’s soccer performance given the rapid development of the game over the past decade....
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The Twelfth Man? Refereeing Bias in English and German Soccer
Buraimo, Babatunde; Forrest, David; Simmons, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2007
. Controlling for a number of pre-game and within-game variables, we find evidence of home team favouritism in Germany as home teams …
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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...
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Down, Set, Hike: The Economic Impact of College Football Games on Local Economies
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2007
college football games in particular contribute positively to a host’s economy. Our analysis from 1970-2004 of 63 metropolitan … areas that play host to big-time college football programs finds that neither the number of home games played, the winning … income in the cities where the teams play. While successful college football teams may bring fame to their alma mater …
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On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis
Alavy, Kevin; Gaskell, Alison; Leach, Stephanie; … - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2006
This paper examines the relationship between the demand for English football on television and outcome uncertainty. It …
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