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Experimental effects of an absent crowd on performances and refereeing decisions during COVID-19

Bryson, Alex; Dolton, Peter J.; Reade, J. James; … - 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has induced worldwide natural experiments on the effects of crowds. We exploit one of these experiments currently taking place over several countries in almost identical settings: professional football matches played behind closed doors. We find large and statistically...

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Using reminders with different reward opportunities to reduce no-show behavior : empirical evidence from a large-scale field experiment in professional sports

Schreyer, Dominik; Schmidt, Sascha Leonard; Torgler, Benno - 2020 - This version: October 01, 2020

Because no-show behavior typically leads to operational inefficiencies and thus diminishing returns for service firms, a growing number of authors have demonstrated the potential of using reminders to reduce no-show rates. In this study, by examining the behavioral responses of 13,911 season...

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Football spectator no-show behavior in Switzerland : empirical evidence from season ticket holder behavior

Schreyer, Dominik; Torgler, Benno - 2021 - This version: February 10, 2021

Swiss Super League club. Analyzing a rich data set containing roughly 2.09 million attendance decisions made by ticket …

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Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We investigate to what extent crowd support contributes to the home advantage in soccer, disentangling this effect from other mechanisms such as players' familiarity with the stadium and travel fatigue. To evaluate the relevance of crowd support in determining home advantage we analyze...

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The Attraction of Baseball Games in a Small-Size League: Are the Effects of Outcome Uncertainties Really Important?

Jane, Wen-Jhan; Kuo, Nai-Fong; Wu, Jyun-Yi; Chen, Sheng-Tung - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 5 (2010) 4, pp. 296-313

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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An Examination of the Effects of the Recent Economic Crisis on Major League Baseball Attendance Demand

Hong, Sungil; Mondello, Michael; Coates, Dennis - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 8 (2013) 2, pp. 140-156

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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The Challenge of Attracting Football Fans to Stadia?

Solberg, Harry Arne; Mehus, Ingar - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 9 (2014) 1, pp. 3-19

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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Taxing the Opposition: Cactus League Attendance and the Efficiency of the ‘Cubs Tax’

Davis, Michael C.; Palsson, Craig; Price, Joseph - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 8 (2013) 2, pp. 157-170

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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American Hockey League Attendance: A Study of Fan Preferences for Fighting, Team Performance, and Promotions

Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, Andrew P.; Robbins, Daniel - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 8 (2013) 1, pp. 21-38

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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Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) - 2014

We investigate to what extent crowd support contributes to the home advantage in soccer, disentangling this effect from other mechanisms such as players’ familiarity with the stadium and travel fatigue. To evaluate the relevance of crowd support in determining home advantage we analyze...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937881