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- Title
Front row or backstage? Evidence on concert ticket preferences from a discrete choice experiment.
- Authors
Thompson, Dylan
- Abstract
Sophisticated ticketing practices have become widespread in the concert industry in recent years, with a wider range of musicians now experimenting with different ticket pricing schemes. The aim of these practices is to help musicians manage ticket capacity and maximize their concert income. However, there is limited evidence on how musicians can optimally allocate and price tickets with respect to how consumers value different ticket attributes. This study uses a stated preference discrete choice experiment and choice modeling methods to analyze consumer preferences for different attributes of concert tickets. The results of the modeling exercise highlight patterns in consumer preferences across different seating areas within a hypothetical venue, as well as average preferences for other common attributes of concert tickets. Finally, this study provides evidence of the significant welfare consumers derive from the availability of new ticketing innovations in the form of VIP packages.
- Subjects
TICKET sales; VALUE (Economics); CONSUMERS; CONCERTS; MUSICIANS; TICKETS; CONSUMER preferences
- Publication
Journal of Cultural Economics, 2024, Vol 48, Issue 3, p463
- ISSN
0885-2545
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10824-024-09512-2