nep-spo New Economics Papers
on Sports and Economics
Issue of 2017‒06‒25
two papers chosen by
João Carlos Correia Leitão
Universidade da Beira Interior
  1. The Impact of Sports Participation on Crime in England between 2012 and 2015 By Brosnan, Stephen
  2. Public Referenda and Public Opinion on Olympic Games By Wolfgang Maennig
  1. By: Brosnan, Stephen
    Abstract: This paper estimates the relationship between sports participation and two broad categories of crimes – property crimes and person crimes- in 323 local authorities in England between 2012 and 2015. The aim of this paper is to assess whether participation in sporting activities influences an individual’s decision to engage in crime. Furthermore, the impact of socioeconomic conditions on crime are estimated also. The results of this paper indicate that sport participation reduces crime rates for both property and person crimes in English local authorities between 2012 and 2015. The findings suggest that sports participation has a stronger effect on person crimes as opposed to property crimes. The results show that a 10% increase in sports participation leads to a fall in person crimes of 1.30 and 1.56% while a 10% increase in sports participation rates leads to a fall in property crimes of between 0.64 and 0.73%.
    Keywords: sports participation, crime prevention, deterrence, property crime, person crime
    JEL: Z10
    Date: 2017–04–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:78596&r=spo
  2. By: Wolfgang Maennig (Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg)
    Date: 2017–06–20
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hce:wpaper:057&r=spo
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