@techreport{cc32d12500784c11adc54238b2d6892a,
title = "Participation, Spectatorship and Media Coverage in Sport",
abstract = "This article considers the relationship between active participation in sport, sports spectatorship and television viewing habits using data from the 2005 DCMS Taking Part Survey. We find robust evidence that participation and sports spectatorship are symbiotically linked. In contrast, increase TV viewing per se leads to a reduction in participation.",
keywords = "spectator demand, sporting participation, count models",
author = "Peter Dawson and Paul Downward",
note = "ID number: 24/09",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
series = "Bath Economics Research Working Papers",
publisher = "Department of Economics, University of Bath",
number = "24/09",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Department of Economics, University of Bath",
}