League Structure and Match Attendances in English Rugby League
This paper investigates the effects of actual and hypothetical changes in league structure on match attendances for English rugby league. An empirical match attendance model is used to generate simulated attendances under various alternative structural regimes.The simulations are used to compare the effects on attendances of having larger and smaller divisions, and of having regionalised lower divisions or divisions whose membership is determined solely by playing quality. A limited form of regionalisation emerges as a positive recommendation. The model is also used to decompose the changes in average attendance, following the 1996 reorganisation, into components attributable to the change of structure, changes in team performance, and other factors.
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2001
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Authors: | Dobson, Stephen ; Goddard, John ; Wilson, John |
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International Review of Applied Economics. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0269-2171. - Vol. 15.2001, 3, p. 335-351
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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