Tottenham Hotspur football fans are victims of regular antisemitic abuse from opposition fans. They commonly referred to as “Yids.” Interestingly, supporters appropriated the Jewish image and embraced it part their fandom identity. have been using symbols content associated with identity, even if club has never a organization, vast majority them not Jewish. The objective this paper is describe ...

As new multi-million dollar professional sports stadiums and arenas are built every year in the U.S., the benefit of these facilities continues to be debated. Few would disagree that the professional team owner using the venue receives major benefits (such as increased revenues from new suites, amenities, etc.). However, there are widely varying opinions on the benefit to the community in which...

A perpetrator’s mental state – whether she had mens rea or a “guilty mind” – typically plays an important role in evaluating wrongness and assigning punishment. In two experiments, we find that this role for mental states is weaker in evaluating conventional violations relative to moral violations. We also find that this diminished role for mental states may be associated with the fact that con...

Artikkelen diskuterer narrativers betydning for befolkningens tillit til politikere etter terror, med utgangspunkt i angrepene Oslo og på Utøya, Barcelona Nice. I Norge så man 22.juli 2011 en sterk økning politisk tillit, mens bildet de to andre casene er mer sammensatt. Også angrepet 2017 steg den politiske tilliten, svekket seg fra et allerede lavt nivå Nice 2016. Mens myndighetene ser ut å h...

(1) Background: Prior research has found that large-scale sporting events may potentially impose negative consequences on the environment, thus impeding sustainability goals of sport industry. Along these lines, current study extends literature by examining impact National Football League (NFL) games have local-area air pollution. (2) Methods: Air Quality Index (AQI) data measuring six major fo...

This paper explores the impact of professional sports teams and stadiums on employment and earnings in specific sectors in US cities. Previous research focused on aggregate measures of income or employment. We find that professional sports have a small positive effect on earnings per employee in one sector, amusements and recreation, and an offsetting decrease in both earnings and employment in...