Social Interactions and the Demand for Sport: An Economic Analysis

By P. Downward, Joseph Riordan. 2007

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Transportation

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In Sociology and Political Science

1. P. Wicker
2. Kirstin Hallmann
3. C. Breuer
4. Brad R. Humphreys
5. J. Ruseski
6. Lauren Schönherr
7. Simona Rasciute
8. P. Downward

In Transportation

1. Kirstin Hallmann
2. P. Downward
3. P. Wicker
4. C. Breuer
5. Brad R. Humphreys
6. J. Ruseski
7. Lauren Schönherr
8. Simona Rasciute

Citations in the corpus

• Understanding the importance of sport infrastructure for participation in different sports – findings from multi-level modeling (2012, methodology): “…research has investigated the importance of different variables on sport participation (e.g. Berger, O’Reilly, Parent, Séguin, & Hernandez, 2008; Downward & Riordan, 2007; Farrell & Shields, 2002; Lera-López & Rapún-Gárate, 2007; Ruseski, Humphreys, Hallmann, & Breuer, 2011; Stamm &…”
• Social stratification in adults’ sports participation from a time-trend perspective Results from a 40-year household study (2011, background): “Patterns of social stratification also occur within different sport disciplines (e.g. Downward & Riordan, 2007; Scheerder, Vanreusel, Taks & Renson, 2002).”
• The Relative Demands for Sports and Leisure in England (2010, background): “This naturally means that consumption of sports may be emphasized for some rather than leisure per se and also that mutual groups of sports and/or leisure activities are consumed (Downward and Riordan, 2007).”
• Determinants of sport participation in different sports (2011, methodology): “The determinants of general sport participation have been investigated in previous studies (e.g. Berger et al., 2008; Downward and Riordan, 2007).”
• An Economic Analysis of Participation and Time Spent in Physical Activity (2011, methodology): “Farrell and Shields (2002), Downward (2004, 2007), and Downward and Riordan (2007) examine the demand for sport participation using the Health Survey of England or England’s General Household Survey.”