The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of
microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds …

The link between sports and tourism has been widely researched. In this context, many
studies have focused on sports event (SEs), finding that SEs provide a multitude of …

This study provides an approximation of the potential impact of fuelwood harvesting in one
of the most threatened tropical biodiversity conservation hotspots, the northern portion of the …

Football is the most popular sport, globally and in the United Kingdom. However it generates
a range of negative environmental impacts, such as climate change, due to an extensive …

Over recent years the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations have
secured the right to host several major international sporting events. Growth in tourism from …

This study analyzes whether hosting mega-sporting events is a useful marketing platform for
countries to promote international tourism on a longer term basis. Our model adopts the …

Research suggests that income inequality may detrimentally affect mental health. We
examined the relationship between district-level income inequality and depressive …

This article focuses on mega-event leveraging, specifically on experiences in the developing
context. While most large-scale sporting events such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA …

South Africa's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw a large number of public
demonstrations, strikes and other forms of civic campaigning. World Cup activism was both …

There is perhaps no larger sports policy decision than the decision to host or bid to host a
mega-event like the FIFA World Cup or the Summer Olympics. Hosts and bidders usually …