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

Coates, Dennis; Hong, Sung Il; Mondello, Michael - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2011

We investigate the effects of the recent economic crisis on Major League Baseball (MLB) attendance during the 2008 and … crisis on attendance in MLB suggests the indicator is a viable proxy for income in game attendance demand studies. …. The estimates for the coincident indicators suggests the economic downturn drives a fall in attendance of about 6 …

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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

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I Don’t Care If I Never Get Back? Time, Travel Costs, and the Estimation of Baseball Season-Ticket Demand

Hakes, Jahn K.; Turner, Chad; Hutmaker, Kyle - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 6 (2011) 2, pp. 119-137

Many previous attempts to estimate attendance demand for sporting events have concluded that teams with market power … for attendance by adopting the travel-cost methodology used in the non-market valuation literature. Using conservative …

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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...

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On the dynamic of franchise (re)location in the North-American sport leagues

Narme, Thibaut - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

As the cost of tax-dollar paid stadia rises and the talks of relocations in the main North-American pro leagues increase, a multi-field analysis on the different mechanisms that decides team relocation seems necessary. This paper reviews the different mechanisms participating team location and...

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

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 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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Experimental Effects of an Absent Crowd on Performances and Refereeing Decisions during COVID-19

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

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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Too Busy for School? The Effect of Athletic Participation on Absenteeism

Cuffe, Harold E.; Waddell, Glen R.; Bignell, Wesley - 2014

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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Any Given Sunday: How Season Ticket Holders' Time of Stadium Entrance Is Influenced by Outcome Uncertainty

Schreyer, Dominik; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Torgler, Benno - 2013

This paper constitutes a unique micro-level exploration of the relation between game outcome uncertainty and the behavior of highly committed season ticket holders of a major Bundesliga soccer team. Specifically, we look at 3,113 season ticket holders attending all 17 home games in the 2012-13...

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