Stadium boosters have long used the promise of economic development as a means of
gaining public support to finance local sports teams. Past research has shown little or no …

A large body of research examines determinants of infant health outcomes but little
examines geographic variation generated by exogenous economic shocks. Linking birth …

This paper examines the demand for hockey game trips among metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan residents of Alberta, Canada. Using data on both revealed and stated …

The discrete choice experiment (DCE) is introduced in sports economics by empirically
investigating soccer attendees' preferences for facilities at a soccer stadium in Denmark. The …

In this paper, we estimate the willingness to pay for a sporting event: the Euro 2004 Soccer
Championships that will take place in Portugal in June/July 2004. The estimation is carried …

A review of the literature shows that stadiums and arenas are insignificant in terms of
creating employment, engendering aggregate increases in local spending, and increasing …

American households' willingness to pay (WTP) for soccer player development is measured
using the contingent valuation method. Data are drawn from two national surveys …

The purpose of this article is to investigate how numbers come to be part of the political
fabric of an ongoing debate to build a new stadium with public funds. We begin by briefly …

Universities spend almost $2 billion subsidizing their collegiate sports programs. Even the
most popular women's sport, basketball, fails to break even. An application of Becker's …

This study examines the private consumption benefits of sports attendance using revealed
and stated preference data from 28 Football Bundesliga teams across three divisions …