hassan daliri; Marzieh Asaadi
Abstract
. In this regard, the present study, employing economic theories related to the sport economy, has estimated the gross domestic sport production (GDSP) for all of the Iranian provinces during the period 1389-1400. The results of the study show that on average the share of exercise in the country's ...
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. In this regard, the present study, employing economic theories related to the sport economy, has estimated the gross domestic sport production (GDSP) for all of the Iranian provinces during the period 1389-1400. The results of the study show that on average the share of exercise in the country's total production was approximately 0.39 %, and this share has declined over the investigation period. On the other hand, the real GDP of Iran`s sport industries as a whole have experienced a 18 % decrease over the period. In addition, 19 % of the national sport economy has been spent only in Tehran province; 50 % of the national sport economy spent in Tehran, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Markazi, Fars, and Khorasan Razavi provinces; and 50 % of the rest have been spent in 24 other provinces. In terms of share, the highest size of the sports economy compared to the province's economy was 1.84 % for South Khorasan and the lowest share in Khuzestan province with only 0.09 % of the province's economy. Considering the three main results of the study, including 1) a small share of sports in the Iran`s economy, 2) the downtrend of the sport economy in the country, and 3) inequality in distributing sports production among Iran`s provinces, emphasizes that sports policymakers need to formulate strategies in order to take advantage of the Iran`s sports economy capacities.