Die Studie untersucht umfassend die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Sports für die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg. Sport erfüllt nicht nur zentrale gesellschaftliche Funktionen wie Gesundheitsförderung, soziale Integration und Steigerung der Lebenszufriedenheit, sondern wirkt zugleich als...

This article takes as its starting point the warnings issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the perverse effects of a sedentary lifestyle on people's health, resulting in additional health expenditure that diverts significant resources away from other areas of public spending. The...

Physical activity likely improves health. Yet, even as health outcomes are positively associated with physical activity, confounding bias exists. We examine a large-scale government campaign to encourage physical activity among women in the United Kingdom as a source of an exogenous increase....

Since the 2018 Murphy v. NCAA decision, 38 states have legalized mobile sports betting. We study effects on betting and consumer credit, emphasizing spatial spillovers across state lines. Using consumer spending data and an extended two-way fixed effects framework that separately identifies...

Die Studie untersucht umfassend die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Sports für die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg. Sport erfüllt nicht nur zentrale gesellschaftliche Funktionen wie Gesundheitsförderung, soziale Integration und Steigerung der Lebenszufriedenheit, sondern wirkt zugleich als...

Hosting mega-sports events generates optimistic projections of economic benefits, yet empirical evidence on actual local returns remains mixed. Focusing on the UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany, this paper provides causal evidence on the short-term local consumption effects of hosting mega-events. We...

This study investigates why companies sponsor individual athletes in sports with low media coverage and how such athletes secure sponsorship agreements. While sport sponsorship research has predominantly focused on mainstream sports and event-based contexts, limited attention has been given to...

Background: This paper is the first-ever discussion of sport logistics as an intersection of the academic disciplines of logistics and sport management. Methods: It reviews past literature and states that logistics in sport is widely overlooked in academic literature. It illustrates the...

Several sports tournaments contain a round-robin group stage where the teams are assigned to groups subject to some constraints. Hence, the organisers usually use a computer-assisted random draw to avoid any dead end, a situation when the teams still to be drawn cannot be assigned to the...

Many non‐migrant politicians, journalists, and scholars in migrant‐ destination societies often represent migrants with self‐interested objectives and in specific instrumental ways based on stereotypes. Yet research on symbolic interaction reveals migrants are not passive victims. They...

A tanulmány fő célkitűzése, hogy feltárja a kézilabdasportágban a sportolók foglalkoztatása során megjelenő „kulcstémaköröket”. A kutatás módszertani keretét primer források elemzése és kvalitatív megközelítés, ezen belül a tematikus elemzés adja. Az öt...

Im Andenken an Eike Emrich beleuchten die gesammelten Beiträge eine Vielzahl an sozioökonomischen Perspektiven auf Sport und Gesellschaft, welche von und mit Eike Emrich diskutiert, ja sogar geprägt wurden. Der Band zeichnet Emrichs breites Forschungsspektrum nach und bietet wertvolle...

This study investigated the readiness of non-football sports clubs in the Balkans to adopt sustainability reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), addressing a gap in a sector with limited regulatory alignment. Unlike previous corporate-focused CSR research, it...

This edition presents the latest analysis of the economic impact of sport in the European Union, using harmonised methods and the refined, updated Vilnius 3.0 definition. It provides guidance on compiling and interpreting comparable Sport Satellite Accounts (SSAs) across EU Member States,...

Our study aims to identify the effects of the fulfilment of sport consumption motives on the components of fan commitment and their effects on loyal fan behaviour. Utilising a sample of 707 business psychology students, we measured the fulfilment of sport consumption motives, fan commitment and...

Predicting the outcome of a sports game is a favourite pastime for sports fans and researchers. The interest has intensified in recent years due to data availability, the development and successful implementation of machine learning algorithms, and the proliferation of internet gaming. This...

This study examines how advanced sports technologies, initially designed for elite athletes, are being applied in everyday contexts. Despite the proliferation of wearable and AI-powered tools, the sports management literature has largely overlooked how these innovations transition from...

This report is prepared for the Contract N° SI2.862371: 'Support to the development of harmonised sports statistics in the EU'. It aims to inform on the activities carried out under this specific contract over the three-year duration of the project, from 2022 to 2024. The project addressed...

This ideas paper provides insights on mental health support for young persons through sport. The ideas proposed are largely based on the 11 September 2024 SHARE 2.0 Conference. They can serve as a valuable resource for local and regional administrations, policymakers, and sport stakeholders...

One of the beautiful things about football is that it brings people from all over the world together to share their love of the game. The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of football on happiness using the number of points a country has in FIFA. To achieve this, we specify and estimate...

We propose a fundamental valuation model for sports clubs and stadia using discounted (adjusted) revenues. We argue that a sports club is a "quasi firm" that aims to balance budgets, achieve an efficient allocation of financial resources, and maximize revenues. Under this objective the sports...