Doing Better: Sports, Economic Impact Analysis, and Schools of Public Policy and Administration

Rosentraub, Mark S.; Swindell, David

doi:10.1080/15236803.2009.12001555

Cited by 7 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, not all mega-events are likely to have equal effects on mayors' career decisions. Hidden infrastructure, such as healthy sewer and water lines, and increased K-12 graduation rates are critical elements in the economic development health of a community (Rosentraub and Swindell 2009;Savitch and Kantor 2002). But they are hidden and rarely carry significant news headlines.…”

Section: Mayors and Progressive Ambitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mayors, Accomplishments, and Advancement

Heberlig

McCoy

Leland

et al. 2016

Urban Affairs Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article examines the effects of accomplishments on the career paths of big-city mayors. Using data from 104 cities with populations over 160,000 from 1992 to 2012, this study examines the extent to which performance in economics, crime, and recruiting mega-events affects mayors’ decisions to seek reelection or other offices, or retire. Results indicate those mayors of cities with population growth, a decrease in the crime rate, and that host certain mega-events (presidential nominating conventions) are more likely to seek another office than other mayors. A decrease in the crime rate seems to help mayors win reelection while none of the other accomplishments appear to improve their chances of winning campaigns for other offices.

show abstract

Section: Mayors and Progressive Ambitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mayors, Accomplishments, and Advancement

Heberlig

McCoy

Leland

et al. 2016

Urban Affairs Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…A second confusing element in the debate focused on the level of tangible returns from higher taxes. Project proponents and opponents often use different models to project the benefits that can be captured and discuss economic impact and economic development as if they were interchangeable terms (Baade, 1996; Coates & Humphreys, 1999; Rosentraub & Swindell, 2009). In the community meetings in Cuyahoga Falls, people also feared that the benefits of the public subsidy for the town center would produce far more economic benefits for the developer matching the concerns raised by several scholars (see, for example, Cummings, 1988; Squires, 1989).…”

Section: Cuyahoga Falls and The CV Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

Contingent Valuation and Estimates of Residents’ Support for Revitalization Plans

Rosentraub

Brennan

2010

The American Review of Public Administration

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Revitalization efforts often require some commitment of tax dollars for the costs of the relateddevelopment projects. Elected and appointed officials often need to gauge support for these investments if electoral approval is required. Contingent valuation surveys can be a precise tool to understand support and concern among different groups of residents. This study illustrates a refined methodology and method for looking at the value placed on a new town center and the required public investment. The results illustrate that there is a considerable base of support for the plan and its financing, but officials would also need to implement an identified strategy to insure electoral support from a majority of residents.

show abstract

“…Academics, like Rosentraub and Swindell (2009a), have expressed serious concerns regarding the typical public administrator's ability to detect the methodological deficiencies that plague most economic impact studies done for professional sports venues or activities. To a large degree, this inability is attributable to the lack of an agreed set of methodologies and reporting standards for these studies.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Suggestions for the Needed Standardization of Determining the Local Economic Impact of Professional Sports

Wassmer

Ong

Propheter³

2016

Economic Development Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

An effort to secure a local government subsidy for a professional sports venue or event typically cites findings from a private consultant’s economic impact analysis on its purported benefits to the jurisdiction(s) offering the subsidy. Scholars have consistently expressed concerns regarding the ability of the public, and the officials that represent them, to detect the deficiencies that often plague such an analysis. The authors review the previous academic research to identify a common set of concerns regarding this form of analysis. These concerns are the basis for a list of 20 evaluative questions to consider in a critical assessment of an economic impact study. To illustrate the practicality of these questions, the authors ask them of previous studies regarding the economic impact of different professional sport venues or events in five different U.S. cities.

show abstract

Doing Better: Sports, Economic Impact Analysis, and Schools of Public Policy and Administration

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Mayors, Accomplishments, and Advancement

Mayors, Accomplishments, and Advancement

Contingent Valuation and Estimates of Residents’ Support for Revitalization Plans

Suggestions for the Needed Standardization of Determining the Local Economic Impact of Professional Sports

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About