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baseball team, combined with past studies suggesting income does not affect minor league baseball attendance, leads us to …
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This paper investigates the determinants of game-day attendance in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) from … consequently leads to higher attendance. Moreover, the results of the quantile regression show that these effects are especially … factors such as the quality of play and the Derby effect also significantly influence game-day attendance. Moreover, the …
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This paper investigates the effects of the recent economic crisis on Major League Baseball (MLB) attendance during the … estimates for the coincident indicators suggest the economic downturn drove a fall in attendance of about 6.5%, compared to the … attendance in MLB suggests the indicator is a viable proxy for income in game attendance demand studies. …
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football on TV can make it difficult to maintain attendance levels at the stadium. Fans of clubs that were featured the most … necessary to maintain attendance levels. Fans that had strong preferences for foreign football attended less frequently. This … in maintaining attendance levels. As a result, a strategy aimed at strengthening the bonds between fans and clubs may be …
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Cactus League was proposed. We find that the Cubs increase attendance when they are the away team by about 37%. Thus, the …
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increased scrutiny. This study examines the role of fighting, along with other factors, as it relates to attendance in the top …
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between competitive balance and regular season average attendance in Major League Baseball (MLB) using the actual to idealized … standard deviation ratio exits. This paper examines the effect that competitive balance has on MLB attendance between the … a significant inverse relationship between the ratio, games behind, and regular season average attendance. This confirms …
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This study examines the importance of team success for attendance for Major League Baseball teams. Winning and … attendance go together for most baseball teams, but the direction of causation is not obvious. Winning could lead to greater … attendance as fans want to see a winner; an increase in attendance could lead to greater winning as teams have greater resources …
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After controlling for a number of plausible influences on matchday attendance in the English Premier League, and with … outcome is associated with reduced gate attendance. The conventional uncertainty of outcome hypothesis proposes precisely the …
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In January 2007, Major League Soccer (MLS) announced that international soccer sensation David Beckham would be joining the league playing for the LA Galaxy. This paper examines Beckham’s effect on MLS ticket sales for the 2007 season. Depending on specification, our results indicate that...
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