Citation

Schreyer D, Däuper D. Appl. Econ. Lett. 2018; 25(21): 1475-1480.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13504851.2018.1430314

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The analysis of stadium attendance demand has a long tradition in the economic literature. However, despite its evident merits, this previous research has been critiqued at several levels, in particular for relying on a suboptimal demand proxy, i.e. published attendance data. In this short note, we address these shortcomings by exploring a highly unique data set containing official information on spectators' decisions of whether or not to physically attend 704 German football Bundesliga games played between August 2014 and January 2017.

Language: en

Keywords

Attendance; behavioural loyalty; demand; football/soccer; game outcome uncertainty; no-show behaviour