Does sport make you happy? An analysis of the well-being derived from sports participation

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-348

  Downward, Paul ^a   Rasciute, Simona ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Happiness; Heterogeneous thresholds; Ordered choice model; Sports; Willingness to pay measures

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPORT; THRESHOLD; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 79957516046     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2010.511168     Document Type: Article

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