nep-tur New Economics Papers
on Tourism Economics
Issue of 2006‒08‒26
two papers chosen by
Antonello Scorcu
Universita di Bologna

  1. Selling the Big Game: Estimating the Economic Impact of Mega-Events through Taxable Sales By Robert Baade; Robert Baumann; Victor Matheson
  2. Le tourisme à l'âge de la retraite By Pascal Pochet; Bernard Scheou; François Soulage

  1. By: Robert Baade (Department of Economics and Business, Lake Forest College); Robert Baumann (Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross); Victor Matheson (Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross)
    Abstract: Professional sports leagues, franchises, and civic boosters, have used the promise of an all star game or league championship as an incentive for host cities to construct new stadiums or arenas at considerable public expense. Past league-sponsored studies have estimated that Super Bowls, All-Star games and other sports mega-events increase economic activity by hundreds of millions of dollars in host cities. Our analysis fails to support these claims. Our detailed regression analysis of taxable sales in Florida over the period 1980 to 2004 reveals that on, average, mega-events ranging from the World Cup to the World Series have been associated with reductions in taxable sales in host regions of $5 to $10 million per month. Likewise, strikes in Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, and the National Basketball League, each of which has resulted in the cancellation of large parts of entire seasons, appear to have also had no demonstrable negative effect on taxable sales in host cities.
    Keywords: impact analysis, sports, mega-event, championship
    JEL: L83 R53
    Date: 2006–06
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:spe:wpaper:0610&r=tur
  2. By: Pascal Pochet (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - [CNRS : UMR5593] - [Université Lumière - Lyon II] - [Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat]); Bernard Scheou (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - [CNRS : UMR5593] - [Université Lumière - Lyon II] - [Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat]); François Soulage
    Abstract: Les seniors constituent une clientèle privilégiée pour le secteur économique du tourisme. Comment ont évolué les pratiques touristiques des retraités ces dernières années et quelles nouvelles formes de tourisme proposer à cette population ? Afin d'en évaluer tous les aspects, les rapporteurs mandatés par le CNT se sont attachés à mettre en évidence la place des personnes âgées dans la société, à décrire les tendances récentes caractérisant leur demande, mais aussi à dépeindre les stratégies actuelles des différents acteurs, privés, publics et associatifs intervenant dans ce domaine. De ces analyses résultent différentes recommandations destinées à mieux prendre en compte les attentes non satisfaites ou à peine émergentes des seniors dans ces domaines.
    Keywords: Personne âgée ; retraite ; dépenses de tourisme ; effet de génération ; effet d'âge ; inégalité ; ajustement de l'offre à la demande
    Date: 2006–08–04
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:papers:halshs-00088303_v1&r=tur

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