Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Management and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Management and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
Abstract
Objective: The main purpose of this research is to identify the mutual and dynamic effects between household sports expenses, the government's sports budget and the economic growth of Iran's provinces.
Methodology: To achieve the objectives of the research, the PVAR panel data vector autoregression method will be used. The data used in this research includes the provincial data of 31 provinces of the country in the period of 1389-1400.
Results: First; The increase in economic growth can be considered as the main factor affecting the improvement of both variables of the growth of household sports expenses and the growth of the government's sports budget. Secondly; Improving the growth of the government's sports budget can also encourage households to invest more in their health through increasing the expenses allocated to sports.
Conclusion: The results of this research confirm that the governmental sports budgets will be an important factor affecting the improvement of the sports economy leading to economic growth.
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