کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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983125 | 1480540 | 2015 | 14 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Develop a monopolistic competition model of urban service consumption and production
• Model includes spatial structure, property values and sports facilities
• Expanded model includes jurisdictional competition for sports teams through subsidies
• Explain why cities provide large subsidies for sports facility construction
• Motivate existing empirical literature on the economic impact of professional sports
We develop a monopolistic competition model of urban service consumption and production that includes spatial structure and property values. The model shows that the introduction of a new professional sports facility and team generates agglomeration effects that change the mix of services and property values, and increases local welfare, part of which is transferred to the team as subsidies for the construction of the facility. The distributional consequences of the new facility and the implications of property tax based financing for the subsidy are analyzed.
Journal: Regional Science and Urban Economics - Volume 54, September 2015, Pages 60–73