A 1999 study by Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys found the presence of major sports franchises to have no significant impact on the growth rate of per capita personal income and to be negatively correlated with the level of per capita personal income for a sample of all cities that had been...

As green building activity continues to rise across the country, some state governments decided to create incentives that would motivate developers to voluntarily pursue third party certification for their real estate projects in order to assist in meeting sustainability and environmental goals....

pt. 1. Meta-theories, methodology and sustainable housing studies -- pt. 2. Transcendental critique : theoretical conditions of decoupling -- pt. 3. Immanent critique : empirical studies -- pt. 4. Explanatory critique : paradigm shift.

"This book aims to offer a comprehensive analysis of green consumerism, taking into account the diversity of views and debates surrounding the ideology. The diversity of topics and multidisciplinary viewpoints will offer an insightful overview of the nature of green consumerism, its...

Coates and Humphreys (1999) examined the growth effects of professional sport franchises, stadia and arenas for three major professional sports in the United States (football, baseball and basketball). This paper re-examines the effects of the four major league sports in the US (as above with...

This paper investigates the connection between Turkish industrial production growth and the success of Beşiktaş, which is a popular Turkish soccer team. The empirical evidence provided in the paper suggests that industrial production growth tends to increase with the success of Beşiktaş in...