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on Sports and Economics |
| By: | Cotterell, Maike; Vöpel, Henning |
| Abstract: | Sport spielt in Städten ökonomisch eine immer größere Rolle. Wesentliche Treiber sind ein sich veränderndes Nachfrageverhalten von Menschen sowie ein sich differenzierendes Angebot an Sportmöglichkeiten. Diese Entwicklungen lassen sich besonders stark in urbanen Räumen beobachten. Sport wird damit zu einem Faktor für Lebensqualität und dadurch zu einem wesentlichen Aspekt von Stadtentwicklung. |
| Date: | 2020 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:hwwipp:n121&r=all |
| By: | Nufer, Gerd |
| Abstract: | Obwohl eSports bereits seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren professionell betrieben wird, sind große Teile der Öffentlichkeit immer noch sehr wenig mit eSports vertraut. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die grundlegende Aspekte rund um eSports erläutert. Gewaltverherrlichung unter Jugendlichen oder negative gesundheitliche Auswirkungen sind Beispiele von Diskussionen, derer sich eSports ausgesetzt sehen. Auch die kontrovers geführte Debatte um die Einbindung von eSports in die Olympischen Spiele verdeutlicht den Bedarf nach mehr Hintergrundwissen über eSports. |
| Keywords: | Marketing,Management,E-Sport,Sport |
| Date: | 2020 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esbwmm:20201&r=all |
| By: | Charles J. Courtemanche; Joshua C. Pinkston; Jay Stewart |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the role physical activity plays in determining body mass using data from the American Time Use Survey. Our work is the first to address the measurement error that arises when time use during a single day—rather than average daily time use over an extended period—is used as an explanatory variable. We show that failing to account for day-to-day variation in activities results in the effects of time use on a typical day being understated. Furthermore, we account for the possibility that physical activity and body mass are jointly determined by implementing Lewbel’s instrumental variables estimator that exploits first-stage heteroskedasticity rather than traditional exclusion restrictions. Our results suggest that, on average, physical activity reduces body mass by less than would be predicted by simple calorie expenditure-to-weight formulas, implying compensatory behavior such as increased caloric intake. |
| JEL: | C21 I10 I12 |
| Date: | 2020–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26670&r=all |
| By: | René Böheim; Mario Lackner; Wilhelm Wagner |
| Abstract: | We analyze data from top-tier professional athletes and find that female and male athletes differ in the timing and in the extent of their reactions to a change of the rules which increased the risk of failure. Male athletes increased risk-taking in the more risky environment immediately after the changes. Female athletes, however, increased risk-taking two years after the rule change. Over time, female athletes reverted to pre-reform risk-taking levels and male athletes' continued to make more risky decisions in the new environment. We attribute our findings to gender differences in competitiveness and risk preferences. |
| Keywords: | Competitiveness, risk-taking, gender di erences |
| JEL: | J16 J44 |
| Date: | 2020–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jku:econwp:2020-01&r=all |