University of Tehran Sport Management Journal 2008-9341 13 4 2022 01 21 The Impact of Budget on Sport Participation: Panel Quantile Regression Approach The Impact of Budget on Sport Participation: Panel Quantile Regression Approach 1215 1233 85767 10.22059/jsm.2020.305916.2519 FA Saeed Khanmoradi PhD Student of Sport Management, Faculty of sports sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Shirin Zardoshtian Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Faculty of sport sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Shahram Fatahi Associate Professor of Econometrics, Faculty of Economics and entrepreneurship, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Geoff Dickson Associate Professor of Sports Management and Director of Research Partnerships, Business School, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia Journal Article 2020 08 17 This study aimed to investigate the effect of the sports budget on sports participation in Iran. Panel data for this study were collected for Iranian provinces between 2004 and 2017 from the Iranian Statistics Center, the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Iran, and the National Olympic Committee of Iran. For Data analysis of this study, the quantile regressions were used, and the final results were confirmed by the Bootstrap method. Data analysis of this study was performed using the EViews software 10 versions. The results showed that the sports current budget has a positive and significant effect on sport participation in the decades 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8 and after the implementation of the Bootstrap in all decades, the effect of sports current budget on sports participation was significant but the effect of sports development budget on sports participation was significant and negative only in the 0.9 decades, and after the implementation of Bootstrap, the effect of sports development budget on sports participation in any decade was not significant. Policymakers should allocate the sports current budget and sports development budget to promote sports participation in accordance with the executive programs and the situation of the province and the observance of distributive justice in addition according to the specific conditions of the country in the face of international sanctions. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the sports budget on sports participation in Iran. Panel data for this study were collected for Iranian provinces between 2004 and 2017 from the Iranian Statistics Center, the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Iran, and the National Olympic Committee of Iran. For Data analysis of this study, the quantile regressions were used, and the final results were confirmed by the Bootstrap method. Data analysis of this study was performed using the EViews software 10 versions. The results showed that the sports current budget has a positive and significant effect on sport participation in the decades 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8 and after the implementation of the Bootstrap in all decades, the effect of sports current budget on sports participation was significant but the effect of sports development budget on sports participation was significant and negative only in the 0.9 decades, and after the implementation of Bootstrap, the effect of sports development budget on sports participation in any decade was not significant. Policymakers should allocate the sports current budget and sports development budget to promote sports participation in accordance with the executive programs and the situation of the province and the observance of distributive justice in addition according to the specific conditions of the country in the face of international sanctions. https://jsm.ut.ac.ir/article_85767_211e59f8218263e84ae67bf69bc1042c.pdf