Similar Search Results

Martínez-Moreno, Alfonso; Cavas-García, Francisco; … - In: European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) 9 (2020) 2, pp. 200-209

The objective of this study was to determine the type of leadership applied by the directors of amateur sports clubs. This quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 48 directors of sports clubs in total: 23 (47.91%) belonging to collective sports clubs...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551577

Riding high: success in sports and the rise of doping cultures

Strulik, Holger - 2007

endogenous variable that depends on the share of drug using athletes in the history of a sport. This way, the model can explain … sport, e.g. Olympic qualification marks, and by the taste of victory, i.e. the disproportionate public veneration of winners. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265678

Sabotage in tournaments: Evidence from a natural experiment

Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; Sutter, Matthias - 2012

Many tournaments are plagued by sabotage among competitors. Typically, sabotage is welfare-reducing, but from an individual's perspective an attractive alternative to exerting positive effort. Yet, given its illegal and often immoral nature, sabotage is typically hidden, making it difficult to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294773

Game of Organizing International Cricket: Co-Existence of Country-Line and Club-Line Games

Das, Satya Prasanna - 2008

The paper presents an economic model of interaction between cricket boards, players and international club-line games sponsors like ICL or IPL. It attempts to capture the inherent conflict between such games and country-line games traditionally organized by cricket boards. It identifies the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295283

The Economic Impact of Olympic Games: Evidence from Stock Markets

Dick, Christian D.; Wang, Qingwei - 2008

By means of an event study of stock market reactions to the announcement of the Olympic Games host cities, we find a significant and positive announcement effect of hosting the Summer Games, with a cumulative abnormal return of about 2% within a few days. We do not find any significant results...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298071

Game of Organizing International Cricket: Co-Existence of Country-Line and Club-Line Games

Das, Satya Prasanna - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-32, pp. 1-29

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298616

The election of a world champion

Langen, Martin; Krauskopf, Thomas - 2010

This paper examines the mechanisms by which a World Champion is chosen in the For-mula One Championship. Furthermore it is analysed whether there is a best method to do this. For this purpose we will discuss the methods used by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) since the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307193

Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England

Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013

Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329113

Entwicklung der öffentlichen Ausgaben für Sport im vereinten Deutschland

Ahlert, Gerd; Stöver, Britta - 2008

Sport in seinen variantenreichen Facetten, insbesondere aber der Breitensport, vielfältigen Nutzen stiftet. Er vermittelt … Volksgesundheit ist vor allem auch seine sozio-integrative Funktion hervorzuheben. Im Bewusstsein darüber, dass der Sport als … weitestgehend ehrenamtlich organisierten Sport der Sportvereine und -verbände durch mittelbare und unmittelbare Transferleistungen …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334399

Investive Sportförderung in der Bundesrepublik - Ökonomische Impulse eines öffentlich finanzierten Infrastrukturprogramms zur Sanierung und Modernisierung der Sportstätten

Ahlert, Gerd - 2004

Sportwissenschaft, der Internationalen Vereinigung Sport- und Freizeiteinrichtungen e.V. (IAKS) und des Bayerischen Landes …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334437