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- Title
Estimating the World Series Gap Effect on Attendance.
- Authors
Zimmer, Timothy E.
- Abstract
The paper empirically tests American attendance factors at Major League Baseball games. The results show that a team's winning ratio, playoff appearances, stadium capacity, games played, and moving to a new city are positive catalysts for attendance. Surprisingly, the results also indicate a positive attendance response to the gap of years between World Series victories. Regardless of fan motivation, a common behavioral attendance response is estimated. After an extremely prolonged period, the number of gap effect fans can be substantial and therefore valuable to a baseball franchise. Conceivably, the longer a baseball team does not win a World Series, the less incentive there is to win the World Series.
- Subjects
WORLD Series (Baseball); BASEBALL attendance; EMPIRICAL research; BASEBALL tournaments; BASEBALL competitions
- Publication
Choregia, 2014, Vol 10, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
1791-4027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4127/ch.2014.0091