There is no such thing as a free run. The determining factors of sports expenditure KU Leuven
The current doctoral thesis focusses on the determining factors of sports participants’ expenditure. From an economic point of view this is an important research subject, as the sports industry directly contributes to Western economic welfare and accounts for an increasing share of total employment and GDP. This is not surprising, as figures indicate 64.3% of the Flemish population practices sports at least once a year. The majority of this ...