Demand for Sport

By J. Borland, R. MacDonald. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Measuring Competitive Balance in Professional Team Sports Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (2007, background): “In particular, it is often argued that the degree of competitive balance affects uncertainty of outcome in sporting leagues, which, in turn, affects attendance demand, although the empirical evidence on the latter linkage is mixed; see, for example, Borland and MacDonald (2003) and Szymanski (2003”
Stadium Attendance Demand Research: A Scoping Review (2021, methodology): “Finally, we cross-checked our already comprehensive data set against the prominent earlier literature reviews from Borland and Macdonald (2003), Cairns et al. (1986), Downward et al. (2009), and Villar and Guerrero (2009), and also against a short, more recent book chapter on the economics of…”
Do Sports Fans Really Value Uncertainty of Outcome?Evidence from the English Premier League (2008, neutral): “The literature covers all possibilities: increased outcome uncertainty raises attendance demand, has no effect, and reduces attendance demand (see Borland & Macdonald, 2003; Szymanski, 2003 for surveys).”
A tale of two audiences: Spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football (2009, background): “According to the Borland and Macdonald (2003) survey of 18 empirical studies covering several leagues worldwide, ‘the majority of studies find that there is either no significant relationship between difference in team performance and attendance, or more directly contradictory, that attendance is…”
On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis (2006, neutral): “9 Borland & McDonald (2003) and Szymanski (2003) provide literature surveys about these”
Soft budget constraints in professional football (2012, background): “This factor establishes professional football clubs as markers of identity in their respective communities/regions, thereby making supporters willing to provide them with resources to overcome the impacts of the ruining competition in the sector on their survival (Borland & Macdonald, 2003, p. 479).”