This paper is intended to introduce a variety of stochastic frontier econometric models to applied economists working in the field of sports economics. First, it discusses the characteristics and assumptions of individual stochastic frontier models that should be used in empirical studies. For...

Habit formation in sports game attendance is crucial for sports businesses. Teams with strong habitual attendance sell more tickets and can command higher ticket prices compared with teams without habitual attendance, assuming all other conditions are constant. However, previous empirical...

This article examines the efficiency of individual golfers in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) according to their nationality when grouped into Asian, U.S., and other golfers. In particular, the comparison of golf ability with the efficiency in scoring and earning as a function of...