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Pecuniary Disincentives in the Anti-Doping Fight

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  • Wolfgang Maennig

    (University of Hamburg, Department of Economics, Chair for Economic Policy, Von-Melle-Park 5, D-20146 Hamburg)

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Most delinquent activities can generally be regarded as a choice made by an individual in the face of a number of legal and illegal alternatives for action, whereby the course of action chosen promises the greatest expected net utility for the individual at the time of the decision (Becker 1968). In the case of doping, the respective microeconomic calculation (Maennig 2002) makes it possible to simultaneously take into account a number of behavioural determinants such as additional sporting honours, additional income, moral qualms and short and long-term health risks. Theoretically in line with such microeconomic analysis, contributions from pedagogical and other disciplines often emphasise the role of ethical standards and moral suasion in fighting doping. In the last few decades economists have also put more weight on such ideas as it is “(good sporting) governance” which forms the climate within a sporting discipline and is certainly important in shaping the decision for or against doping.

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  • Wolfgang Maennig, 2009. "Pecuniary Disincentives in the Anti-Doping Fight," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 349-351, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v39:y:2009:i:3:p:349-351
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    1. Nicolas Eber, 2012. "Doping and Anti-doping Measures," Chapters, in: Wolfgang Maennig & Andrew Zimbalist (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events, chapter 12, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Wolfgang Maennig & Viktoria C. E. Schumann, 2022. "Prevention Effect of News Shocks in Anti-Doping Policies," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 23(4), pages 431-459, May.
    3. Jeffrey Cisyk, 2020. "Impacts of Performance-Enhancing Drug Suspensions on the Demand for Major League Baseball," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 21(4), pages 391-419, May.

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    Keywords

    doping; economics of sport; illegal activities;
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    JEL classification:

    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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