The effect of professional sports on earnings and employment in the services and retail sectors in US cities

By Dennis Coates, Brad R. Humphreys. 2003

191 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Dennis Coates
2. Brad R. Humphreys
3. Adam Cox

In Gender Studies

1. Dennis Coates
2. Brad R. Humphreys

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Brad R. Humphreys
2. Dennis Coates
3. Adam Cox

Citations in the corpus

• A Direct Test of the Homevoter Hypothesis (2008, unknown): “Consistent with Coates and Humphreys (2006), support for the stadium declined as the precinct was further from the proposed stadium site.”
• Stadiums and Arenas: Economic Development or Economic Redistribution? (2007, background): “…are quite similar to the $10 reduction in per capita income associated with an existing baseball franchise playing in a 37,000 seat stadium found by Coates and Humphreys (1999) and the approximate cost of the Camden Yards baseball stadium per Baltimore household of $14 estimated by Hamilton and…”
• Novelty Effects of New Facilities on Attendance at Professional Sporting Events (2005, unknown): “Coates and Humphreys (1999, 2001, 2003) use a dummy variable indicating the first 10 years a sports facility is open, regardless of the sport or sports the facility houses, implicitly assuming that the novelty effect is of equal duration and size regardless of the sport for which a facility is…”
• Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Subsidies for Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and Mega-Events? (2008, methodology): “Coates and Humphreys (2003) used the same approach as in their earlier work, but used the analysis to explain wages and employment in two sectors of the economy that are closely linked to activities in stadiums and arenas: the services and retail sectors.”
• Professional Sports Facilities, Franchises and Urban Economic Development (2003, background): “Coates and Humphreys (2003) report that earnings and employment in the Amusements and Recreation sector (SIC Code industry 79) – the sector of the economy containing professional sports - rise and earnings and employment at Eating and Drinking Establishments (SIC 58) and Retail Trade establishments…”
• The Economic Impact of Postseason Play in Professional Sports (2002, methodology): “Coates and Humphreys (1999, 2001a) included a lagged dependent variable in a similar model.”