• Does international elite sporting success or hosting major events affect self-rated health? An examination of potential positive externalities related to international sporting tournaments 

      Storm, Rasmus K.; Jakobsen, Tor Georg (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-22)
      Research question: It is a common expectation among politicians, civil servants and sport managers that hosting a major sporting event or achieving international elite sport success yields a variety of positive externalities grounded in the “Virtuous Circle of Elite Sport and Events” model. However, over the years various studies have shown that this model is not necessarily an accurate depiction ...
    • Ethnic discrimination in Scandinavia: evidence from a field experiment in women’s amateur soccer 

      Storm, Rasmus K.; Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Holum, Marthe Liss; Nygaard, Andreas; Jakobsen, Tor Georg (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-11)
      In this paper, we examine ethnic discrimination using sport as a laboratory. Applying a field experiment in the three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—we test whether foreign female minority groups experience greater rejection rates when seeking inclusion in amateur soccer clubs. Soccer coaches were contacted by e-mail using native and foreign-sounding names from selected groups, ...
    • Spectator Interest in Attending Future Danish Men’s National Soccer Team Matches: A Study of Demand 

      Storm, Rasmus K.; Jakobsen, Tor Georg; Schelde, Nikolaj (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Existing research on spectator demand tends to focus primarily on elite club sport. This paper aims to expand on the literature by applying regression models to a large and unique set of survey data collected from Danish men’s national soccer team matches held from 2013 to 2017. The output from our models suggests that the number of matches attended is positively related to future demand, as ...