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When can economic impact be positive? Nine conditions that explain why smaller sports can have bigger impacts
Agha, Nola; Rascher, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This explanatory research reviews the economic impact literature to identify the conditions that would theoretically allow any sport, large or small, to generate positive economic effects. Nine conditions are identified that, when present, could allow a community to experience a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112505
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Do Fans Want Close Contests? A Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis in the National Basketball Association
Daniel, Rascher; John Paul, Solmes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The National Basketball Association claims to sell entertainment. Part of that entertainment is close, competitive contests with uncertain outcomes. However, hometown fans want the home team to win. Hence, the optimal probability that the home team wins a game, from the perspective of maximizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685489
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Game Information, Local Heroes, And Their Effect On Attendance: The Case Of The Japanese Baseball League
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
to the game affects attendance. My major findings are: (1) In the Pacific League, the salary (and overall number of wins …) of the home team’s starting pitcher is positively related to attendance, while that of the visiting team is not. (2) In … visiting team affect attendance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562599
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Game Information, Local Heroes, And Their Effect On Attendance: The Case Of The Japanese Baseball League
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
to the game affects attendance. My major findings are: (1) In the Pacific League, the salary (and overall number of wins …) of the home team’s starting pitcher is positively related to attendance, while that of the visiting team is not. (2) In … visiting team affect attendance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493599
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A model to explain support in Spanish football
Barajas, Angel; Crolley, Liz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
focuses on the relationships between attendance and different sets of variables: those that relate to the socio …, firstly, that the quality of the squad influences attendance through its performance on the pitch, secondly, that the level of … attendance is explained by the population of the province in which the club is based, and by both the current and historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620019
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ENVIRONMENTALISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TOURISM
Baros, Zoltan; Dávid, Lorant Denes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
As a consequence of the rapid growth of the tourism sector, special emphasis is placed on destinations and tourism products connected to or based on certain physical and environmental factors. However, the negative environmental consequences of tourism are, in many cases, overemphasised to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835633
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Pay, productivity and aging in Major League Baseball
Turner, Chad; Hakes, Jahn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Using panels of player pay and performance from Major League Baseball (MLB), we examine trends in player productivity and salaries as players age. Pooling players of all ability levels leads to a systematic bias in regression coefficients. After addressing this problem by dividing players into...
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Key Issues on Tourism Strategies
Carvalho, Pedro G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
After an institutional request, strategic planning is usually promoted by teams coordinated by one expert in the field, by a firm or by a University. The day it is delivered there is a general feeling of frustration with the outcome. This feeling is most likely due to an incomplete diffusion...
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Free Agent Auctions and Revenue Sharing: A Simple Approach
Rockerbie, Duane - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper uses a simple approach to address the issue of how revenue sharing in professional sports leagues can affect the allocation of free agent players to teams. To affect the allocation of free agents, the imposition of revenue sharing must alter the ranking of bidding teams in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836406
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International Tourism Demand for Turkey: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach
Aslan, Alper; Kaplan, Muhittin; Kula, Ferit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Empirical studies on tourism field for Turkey have illustrated little attention in modelling properly the demand function for tourism and identifying the main basis of tourism flows. The majority of studies take into consideration the demand side determinants of tourism, usually proxies by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836413