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Do College Football Games Pay for Themselves? The Impact of College Football Games on Local Sales Tax Revenue

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Dennis Coates () (Department of Economics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Craig A. Depken, II () (Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina - Charlotte)

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This paper analyzes the net impacts of college football games on the sales tax revenues and taxable sales of four mid-sized cities in Texas. The paper addresses the question in the title, but also asks whether state policy makers might be justified in encouraging schools in their state to play one another based on the local economic impact those games will have. In general, our evidence suggests the answer to that question is no.

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Paper provided by International Association of Sports Economists in its series Working Papers with number 0802.

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Date of creation: Jun 2008
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Keywords: tourism; economic impacts; special events;

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L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism
H27 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Other Sources of Revenue

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