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Demand for TV broadcasts of UEFA Champions League games in Danish television - the impact of uncertainty of outcome, stardom, and local heroes

Budzinski, Oliver; Feddersen, Arne; Kunz-Kaltenhäuser, … - 2022

Football. One major conceptual controversy is concerned with the question whether fans have a stronger preference for (more … Football, One major conceptual controversy is concerned with the question whether fans have a stronger preference for (more …

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Does the FIFA World Cup Boost Economies Around the World? – An Empirical Analysis

Fett, Matthias - 2021

Is the FIFA World Cup a tool for economic development? Should developing countries vie to host it for any price? This article studies if it makes a difference to economic growth whether a developing country hosts the event. The World Cups 1962 – 2018 are investigated, looking at the first and...

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Spatial attendance spillover in football leagues

Jang, Hayley; Shin, Yongcheol - In: International journal of empirical economics 1 (2022) 3, pp. 1-24

We analyse the spatial attendance spillover applying spatial panel-data models with the Italian Football League data …

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No novelty effect but a honeymoon that lasts : on the attendance effects of new football stadiums

Ours, Jan C. van - 2024

attendance effects of new sports stadiums in a European sports league, i.e. the top tier of Dutch professional football … persists. There is no transient novelty effect but a long-lasting positive attendance effect of new football stadiums. …

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On the Economic Impact of International Sport Events : Microevidence from Survey Data at the Euro 2008

Lamla, Michael J.; Straub, Martin; Girsberger, Esther Mirjam - 2012

Using firm-level data for up to 707 Swiss hotels and restaurants we evaluate the economic impact of the EURO 2008 soccer championship. Although aggregated macro data reveal no economic impact, we report an overall negative effect based on the surveyed companies. Notably the reported effects of...

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Clustering of College Football Spreads

Schwartz, Adam - 2011

This paper examines college football point spreads. We find that the betting spread is a good predictor of outcome for … college football games during the regular season, but not for bowl games. Our sample of betting line spreads cluster around 3 …

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Athletic Spending, Uncertainty, and Fan Interest : Evidence from College Football

Henry, Matthew - 2010

business. This paper tests popular assumptions about sports using evidence from the college football programs of the …

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Reversal of Fortune or Glaring Misallocation : Is a New Football Stadium Worth the Cost to a University?

Maxcy, Joel - 2016

American universities, belatedly following their professional sports counterparts, are constructing new stadiums. A portion of the funds typically provided to athletic departments are drawn from general university resources. Besides increased revenue flows, indirect benefits that contribute to...

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College Football Success and the Coach's Tenure and Pay

Roufagalas, John - 2015

Football head coach pay at the college level has risen dramatically over the past decade. At the same time, football …

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Lock-In and Team Effects : Recruiting and Success in College Football Athletics

Dronyk-Trosper, Trey; Stitzel, Brandli - 2015

How important is recruiting to a football program's success? While prior research has attempted to answer this question …

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