The effect of local governments on the individuals' decision to orient to sports from the perspective of behavioral economics Tekirdağ province example

In this theses the findings about the role of local goverments on the decisions of individuals abaout phsysical activity and sport decision is traced in the light of behavirol economics. The data collected via scaled questionere and descriptive statistics is used to analyze. The sub-dimensions of the sport decision-making behaviors scale and the reliability of the sub-dimensions are obtained via factor analysis. Socio-demographic characteristics of the individualsamong the groups when there obtained and discussed. For the variables with significant differences Post-Hoc LSD was applied to determine these differences.. Finally survey conducted in this study showed which behavioral biases can prevent desired pysical activity of individuals in Tekirdağ province and what kind of nudging policies can be applied by local governments to improve these biases and this situation was handled in six factors. Among these six factors, the factor with the highest explanatory power is the intrinsic nudge effect. Immediately after that, the intrinsic nudge effect of local governments is the second explanatory factor. This shows why local governments should take supportive roles in sports. The findings obtained can lead us to the idea that the nudges of local governments should not be completely visible but should not be transparent fort he behalf of sport and individual health of locals.