Avec la mondialisation économique du sport, l'audience de l'événement sportif est soumise à incertitude et à une attractivité peu prédictible. L'une et l'autre peuvent être réduites par des régulations : régulation des ligues sportives professionnelles, régulation par changement des...

The analysis of economic determinants of Olympic performance was for a long time a macroeconomics of the cold war in which the number of medals won by a nation was explained by its endowment with economic and human resources, then its political regime and a host country effect. We adopt a...

In this article, we analyse various issues linked to the quotation of European professional football clubs on a stock exchange. An empirical study of the Dow Jones Stoxx Football index exhibits a high volatility of returns and share prices regarding a sample of floated clubs as well as an...

This paper uses forecasting techniques to predict outcomes in the Beijing Olympics and 2010 World Cup using economic variables.

The aim of this article is to investigate the determinants of attendance at French football Ligue 1 matches over the period 2008-2011 with an emphasis on examining the effect of competitive intensity before a match. Competitive intensity is measured by dummies that are function of the points...

Auction theory, when the bidders do not know the value of what is auctionned, is used to explain how the Olympic Games are allocated to competing bidding cities. It is a centralized allocation process with asymmetric information which usually comes out with a winner's curse. Various indicators...

Par sa politique d'attractivité de l'investissement direct étranger l'Etat est le principal responsable de la mondialisation. La crise le pousse à amplifier cette politique, à surenchérir sur les autres Etats, tandis que les firmes multinationales continuent à arbitrer entre les Etats hôtes

La genèse de l'économie du sport entre socio-économie, économie politique et mainstream economics, sa séparation du management du sport, son enseignement, son institutionnalisation, l'extension de son champ de recherche, les domaines de recherche encore négligés par l'économie du sport,...