Does international elite sporting success or hosting major events affect self-rated health? An examination of potential positive externalities related to international sporting tournaments
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23237Dato
2021-11-22Type
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Peer reviewed
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Research methods - By employing multilevel regression models to nine rounds of the European Social Survey – consisting of individual-level data from 2002 to 2019, covering 37 countries, 219 country-survey-years, and almost 400,000 respondents – we test whether health-related impacts of elite sport success and hosting major sport events can be identified.
Results and findings - The model output from our regressions does not indicate that sporting success or hosting major sport events contributes to better health.
Implications - The results question the “Virtuous Circle of Elite Sport and Events” model and stipulate that politicians, practitioners, and sports managers should be aware of overestimating potential positive externalities from elite sport.