The Doubtful Contribution of Economics to Leisure Management
Analysis of a Paradox
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12049027 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A J Veal (0000-0003-1082-0080, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 147-155 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3436 • E-ISSN: 1705-0154 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07053436.1989.10715322 |
| OpenAlex | W1977106053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Economics is widely seen as the senior social science discipline and as a key ingredient in management training. Leisure and tourism have become significant components of developed market economies, accounting for between 20 and 30 per cent of consumer expenditure. Economics should therefore be an important discipline in the study of leisure and tourism. While macro-economic theory has been widely applied in the leisure and tourism field through economic impact studies and the tourism multiplier, micro-economic applications have been almost entirely concerned with non-market, public sector leisure phenomena or quasi-market phenomena such as professional team sports. The paper raises the question as to why so few examples exist of the application of micro-economics to leisure markets
Business · Classical economics · Economic analysis · Economic impact analysis · Economics · Leisure studies · Macro · Microeconomics · Political science · Public economics · Tourism · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2003 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |