We use hedonic rent and wage equations to measure compensating differentials in central
cities and metropolitan areas with franchises of the National Football League. Rents are …

In a recent article in this journal, Carlino and Coulson [G. Carlino, NE Coulson,
Compensating differentials and the social benefits of the NFL, Journal of Urban Economics …

" I am not about to rape the City as others in my league and others have done. You will never
hear me say.'I f I don't get this I'm moving.'You can go to the press on that one. I couldn't live …

This article reexamines the costs and benefits to cities of publicly subsidized stadiums by
measuring the welfare gain of a stadium. Previous research has shown that the economic …

The last several years have witnessed a boom in the construction of new sports facilities in
the US New stadiums have been constructed in Seattle, Cleveland, Nashville, Phoenix …

Ralph Wulz (1957) argued that public ownership of stadiums was justified if “private
enterprise could not provide the service which the public demanded and at the same time …

A new test of the compensating wage differential model is proposed. The logic behind
Roback's model, which shows how differences in nonproduced amenities may be reflected …

Public subsidies for sports stadiums and arenas are often justified as a means to boost the
local economy. The argument relies on historical local economic impact multipliers that …

This paper analyzes the net impacts of college football games on the sales tax revenues and
taxable sales of four mid-sized cities in Texas. The paper addresses the question in the title …

This article explores the literature on the impact of professional sports teams and stadiums
on their host communities. A large body of research has addressed these issues, some of it …