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While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and labour-market outcomes, the mechanisms through which these benefits accrue are not well established. We use data from a large public-school district to retrieve an estimate of the...
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We investigate the effects of the recent economic crisis on Major League Baseball (MLB) attendance during the 2008 and …. The estimates for the coincident indicators suggests the economic downturn drives a fall in attendance of about 6 … crisis on attendance in MLB suggests the indicator is a viable proxy for income in game attendance demand studies. …
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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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both home attendance and owners' net income between 1920 and 1941. Team performance, home runs, number of Sundays a team … had home games, the installation of lighting, and radio broadcasts of games, all raised attendance while increases in the … unemployment rate had no effect on real net income. All the other variables that raised attendance also raised real net income. …
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We analyse the spatial attendance spillover applying spatial panel-data models with the Italian Football League data … on attendance distribution and then competitive balance; spillover implies an interaction between the two exclusive … create attendance variations across member teams. The final outcome depends on the spillover sign, the network structure, and …
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An attendance equation is estimated using data on individual games played in the Spanish First Division Football League … on attendance for all the variables. The estimated price elasticities are smaller than one in absolute value as usually …
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Introduction – 1. Theoretical aspects – 2. Demand definition, data andempirical model – 3. Determinants of attendance … (I): Economical aspects – 4.Determinants of attendance (II): Expected quality – 5. Determinants of attendance …(III): Uncertainty of outcome – 6. Determinants of attendance (IV): Opportunity cost and other factors – Conclusions – Abstract In this …
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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. …
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more transparently managed, it is necessary to examine the factors that now determine the attendance at football matches …
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investigate the effect of sporting and economic variables on the attendance in Greek football stadia. Price, income and …
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