Visitor composition and event‐related spending

Abstract

Dr. Taks' expertise is in socioeconomic aspects of sport and leisure, with particular interests in consumer behaviour of various sport-oriented groups. She researches impacts of sport events from a variety of perspectives, including economic, tourism, and sport participation. She teaches courses in Sport Marketing, Socioeconomic Aspects of Sport and Leisure and Global Issues in Sport Management. She is currently the editor of the European Sport Management Quarterly.

Economic Impact of the 11th Douro Valley Half Marathon

“…In fact, the majority of economic impact research to date has focused on the impact of mega-events such as the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup (e.g., Baade & Matheson 2004;Matheson 2006;Porter & Fletcher 2008;Preuss 2007;Tien et al 2011). But recently the focus has shifted to smaller events (e.g., Coates & Depken 2011;Daniels & Norman 2003;Matheson 2006;Mondello & Riche 2004;Taks et al 2013Taks et al , 2011Veltri et al 2009;Wilson 2006). Nonetheless, there is still a lack of studies on small-scale events.…”

Impacts and strategic outcomes from non-mega sport events for local communities

“…Economic impact and strategic outcomes of non-mega sport events Most research on economic impact of sport events uses standard input/output economic impact analysis (EIA), which is formulated in a manner likely to find positive outcomes both for mega (e.g., Kesenne, 2012) and non-mega sport events (Taks, Green, Chalip, Kesenne, & Martyn, 2013;Taks, Kesenne, Chalip, Green, & Martyn, 2011), because 45 standard EIA only takes into account the new and additional money coming into the city or the region. There is, however, a strong call among sport economists to perform costbenefit analyses (CBA) rather than EIA analyses, because only CBA estimates net benefits for host communities.…”

Impacts and strategic outcomes from non-mega sport events for local communities

“…Most research on economic impact of sport events uses standard input/output economic impact analysis (EIA), which is formulated in a manner likely to find positive outcomes both for mega (e.g., Kesenne, 2012) and non-mega sport events (Taks, Green, Chalip, Kesenne, & Martyn, 2013;Taks, Kesenne, Chalip, Green, & Martyn, 2011), because standard EIA only takes into account the new and additional money coming into the city or the region. There is, however, a strong call among sport economists to perform costbenefit analyses (CBA) rather than EIA analyses, because only CBA estimates net benefits for host communities.…”