The Use and Misuse of Economic Impact Analysis

@article{Hudson2001TheUA,
 title={The Use and Misuse of Economic Impact Analysis},
 author={Ian Hudson},
 journal={Journal of Sport \& Social Issues},
 year={2001},
 volume={25},
 pages={20 - 39},
 url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:153997728}
}
  • Ian Hudson
  • Published 1 February 2001
  • Economics
  • Journal of Sport & Social Issues
Economic impact studies have been an important component of the debate surrounding the merits of subsidizing professional sports teams. However, various studies have arrived at remarkably different conclusions about the size of a sports team’s economic impact on the region in which they are located. The purpose of this study is to determine the causes of the wide variance of economic impact estimates between different studies. A meta-analysis was used on the 13 studies to determine the causes...

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