Title: Regional economics tools applied to sport: new perspectives

Authors: Jean-Francois Raze, Eric Barget

Addresses: SPMS, University of Burgondy, Campus Montmuzard, 21 000 Dijon, France. ' CEREGE, I.A.E of Poitiers, University of Poitiers, 86 000 Poitiers, France

Abstract: This article shows how some regional economics tools, which are not very well known, can be used in the field of sport. The first part consists of a short summary of the location analysis models. In a second part, we show on a case study, that computable location models can be used to determine the optimal location of sporting facilities in the context of intercommunity. To conclude, some extensions are suggested from a theoretical point of view as well as for empirical applications.

Keywords: location analysis; regional economics; sports facilities; regional development; facilities location; communities; sport management; France.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2007.013969

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2007 Vol.2 No.5/6, pp.591 - 607

Published online: 05 Jun 2007 *

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