Municipal Grants for Sports and the Merits of a Voucher System
in the Czech Republic

J 2013

Municipal Grants for Sports and the Merits of a Voucher System in the Czech Republic

PAVLÍK, Marek and Michiel S. DE VRIES

Basic information

Original name

Municipal Grants for Sports and the Merits of a Voucher System in the Czech Republic

Authors

PAVLÍK, Marek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Michiel S. DE VRIES (528 Netherlands)

Edition

The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Bratislava, NISPAcee, 2013, 1337-9038

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50600 5.6 Political science

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/13:00068823

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Keywords in English

Sports policy; grant; voucher system; transparency; subsidies

Abstract

In the original language

In Europe in 2008 governments spent 36 billion Euro on sports subsidies. One of the main goals for spending public money on sports is to increase the participation of people in sports. The Czech Republic even spent more than average on sports. However, the participation in sports in this country lags behind the European average. This article investigates whether the way such grants are given can explain this. One of the outcomes of this paper is that transparency in the decision-making process in sports-grants allocation is lacking, resulting in many cases of fraud. This paper also investigates the merits of an alternative way of allocating money, which is, using sports vouchers as a tool for allocating public resources. The experience with that instrument is, although rare, quite positive, especially in reducing fraud. Although there is a lot of hesitance against using vouchers, the experience shows that this is primarily based on prejudice and unfamiliarity with this instrument.

Links

MUNI/A/0786/2012, interní kód MU

Name: Hodnocení kvality veřejných politik v kontextu restriktivních omezení veřejných financí (Acronym: KvaVePol 2)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Cite

PAVLÍK, Marek and Michiel S. DE VRIES. Municipal Grants for Sports and the Merits of a Voucher System in the Czech Republic. The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy. Bratislava: NISPAcee, 2013, VI, No 1, p. 9-29. ISSN 1337-9038.

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PAVLÍK, Marek and Michiel S. DE VRIES. Municipal Grants for Sports and the Merits of a Voucher System in the Czech Republic. \textit{The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy}. Bratislava: NISPAcee, 2013, VI, No~1, p.~9-29. ISSN~1337-9038.

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