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The Louis-Schmelling Paradox and the League Standing Effect Reconsidered

Humphreys, Brad R.; Zhou, Li - Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics - 2014

Fifty years on we examine two key propositions in Neale's (1964) "Peculiar Economics": the need for competitors in sport to have opponents of similar ability in order to earn large revenues and the effect of frequent changes sports leagues' standings on consumer demand. We develop a consumer...

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Warum gehen die Leute in die Fußballstadien? Eine empirische Analyse der Fußball-Bundesliga

Rottmann, Horst; Seitz, Franz - University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden (OTH) - 2006

Wir analysieren die Determinanten der Zuschauernachfrage in der Fußballbundesliga in den Saisonen 2001/02 bis 2004/05, d.h. für insgesamt 1224 Spiele. Dafür spezifizieren wir ein ökonometrisches Modell, das die begrenzte Kapazität der Stadien und Heteroskedastizität berücksichtigt. Es...

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The value of sporting success to Germans: Comparing the 2012 UEFA Championships with the 2012 Olympics

Wicker, Pamela; Kiefer, Stephanie; Dilger, Alexander - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2013

We examine the value of sporting success to the German population at two major sport events in 2012, the European Championships in football and the London Olympic Games. Using the contingent valuation method (CVM), this study is the first to compare the value of sporting success between two...

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Are riding club members willing to pay or work for an overall quality improvement?

Kiefer, Stephanie - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2014

This study examines the willingness-to-pay (WTP) and the willingness-to-work (WTW) of German riding club members for an overall quality improvement. Therefore, German riding club members were asked via an online questionnaire. As far as the author knows, this study is the first to include the...

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Estimating Price Effects in an Almost Ideal Demand Model of Outbound Thai Tourism to East Asia

Chang, Chia-Lin; McAleer, Michael; Khamkaew, Thanchanok - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, … - 2012

This paper analyzes the responsiveness of Thai outbound tourism to East Asian destinations, namely China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Korea, to changes in effective relative price of tourism, total real total tourism expenditure, and one-off events. The nonlinear and linear Almost Ideal Demand...

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Willingness to pay and accept for hosting Olympic Games in Germany

Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit; Dilger, Alexander - 2016

This empirical study investigates whether and how much individuals are willing to pay for hosting Olympic Games in Germany. Moreover, it is examined for the first time what individuals are willing to accept to host Olympic Games in their own country if they do not like that. Furthermore, this...

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Luck vs Skill in Gambling over the Recession. Evidence from Italy

Capacci, Sara; Randon, Emanuela; Scorcu, Antonello E. - 2014

We perform an econometric analysis of the gambling market in Italy over the recession (2009-2012), observing the consumption patterns in "luck" and "skill" games. We find a different effect between the early and late period of the crisis. Whereas gambling initially behaves as normal good, in the...

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Grundlagen der Sportnachfrage: Theorie und Empirie der Einflussfaktoren auf die Zuschauernachfrage

Budzinski, Oliver; Feddersen, Arne - 2015

Der Beitrag referiert die Grundlagen der Theorie und Empirie der ökonomischen Analyse der Sportnachfrage mit einem Schwerpunkt auf der Zuschauernachfrage. Dabei werden unterschiedliche Einflussfaktoren auf die Zuschauernachfrage identifiziert und vor dem Hintergrund aktueller mikroökonomischer...

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Tourismus im Spannungsfeld der internationalen Konjunktur- und Wachstumsdynamik

Smeral, Egon - 2012

Da der Tourismus im Allgemeinen zeitverzögert reagiert, zeigt sich die Verschlechterung der wirtschaftlichen Situation in Europa noch nicht deutlich in den internationalen Tourismusdaten des Jahres 2012. Die derzeitige Lage im österreichischen Tourismus lässt sich so beschreiben, dass sich...

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Effects of tourism upon the economy of small and medium-sized European cities: Cultural tourists and 'the others'

Del Corpo, Barbara; Gasparino, Ugo; Bellini, Elena; … - 2008

major steps: firstly, interviews to tourists in each case study city, in order to estimate the scale and variability of the … spending patterns of different profiles of visitors (e.g., culture-driven vs. leisure tourists); secondly, application of the … the effects of tourist expenditure on sales, income and employment for the several impacted economic sectors. Tourists …

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