Abstract
The traditional instrument of sports policy is subsidisation. Given that sports constitute imperfect public goods, they benefit from government subsidies in order to overcome the classic problem of underprovision. The government grants subsidies in accordance with its sports policy, but since this policy is developed and unveiled at election time, i.e., for electoral purposes, its implementation lacks the rationale of the election manifesto; in reality, the allocations are driven by the demand for, and supply of, public funds. In this paper, we analyse the demand for subsidies. We investigate the characteristics of sports club managers as demand determinants of public subsidy, using data from a questionnaire distributed among a sample of these managers.
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