TY - JOUR
T1 - Attendance demand and core support
T2 - evidence from limited-overs cricket
AU - Morley, Bruce
AU - Thomas, Dennis
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In this paper we construct and estimate a model for match attendances in English one-day, limited-overs league cricket. Our dataset separates ‘pay at gate’ spectators from club members, enabling us to distinguish between the attendance decisions of casual spectators and those of the, potentially, more committed ‘core’ supporters. In addition to providing a more direct analysis of the relatively underdeveloped issue of ‘core support’, we also investigate variability within the core. Apart from providing further evidence regarding demand determination in professional team sports we consider some specific policy implications particular to the ‘peculiar’ sport of cricke
AB - In this paper we construct and estimate a model for match attendances in English one-day, limited-overs league cricket. Our dataset separates ‘pay at gate’ spectators from club members, enabling us to distinguish between the attendance decisions of casual spectators and those of the, potentially, more committed ‘core’ supporters. In addition to providing a more direct analysis of the relatively underdeveloped issue of ‘core support’, we also investigate variability within the core. Apart from providing further evidence regarding demand determination in professional team sports we consider some specific policy implications particular to the ‘peculiar’ sport of cricke
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/45228
U2 - 10.1080/00036840600707225
DO - 10.1080/00036840600707225
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-6846
VL - 39
SP - 2085
EP - 2097
JO - Applied Economics
JF - Applied Economics
IS - 16
ER -