In this study we provide an empirical evidence on sport inactivity as an important risk factor for several chronic diseases, accounting for a significant part of related economic burden of disease. Applying cost-of-illness methodology to cost data for a sample of noncommunicable diseases in...

Research question: This article investigates the determinants of attendance at French football Ligue 1 matches over the 2008-2011 period, with a focus on the effect of competitive intensity. This is measured by dummies that are functions of the point difference for the home team in relation to...

The author seeks an answer to the question what the unheeded practical and theoretical issues backing both the quantitative success and the quantitative failure story of privatisation are? Among those listed in this paper, management coalitions, the blurred dividing line between shareholders and...