The uncertainty of outcome and scoring effects on Nielsen ratings for Monday Night Football

By Rodney J. Paul, A. Weinbach. 2007

130 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Adam Cox
2. Babatunde Buraimo
3. Rob Simmons
4. Dominik Schreyer
5. Stefan Szymanski
6. Payam Ansari
7. A. Zimbalist

In Gender Studies

1. Adam Cox
2. Babatunde Buraimo
3. Rob Simmons
4. Dominik Schreyer
5. Payam Ansari
6. Stefan Szymanski

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Adam Cox
2. Babatunde Buraimo
3. Rob Simmons
4. Dominik Schreyer
5. Payam Ansari
6. Stefan Szymanski

Citations in the corpus

• Spectator Demand, Uncertainty of Results, and Public Interest (2018, background): “Paul and Weinbach (2007) found evidence of within-match uncertainty affecting TV audiences in American NFL between 1991 and 2002.”
• Do Sports Fans Really Value Uncertainty of Outcome?Evidence from the English Premier League (2008, unknown): “Paul and Weinbach (2007) found that National Football League television audiences rose as ex ante outcome uncertainty increased across games.”
• A tale of two audiences: Spectators, television viewers and outcome uncertainty in Spanish football (2009, background): “2 A study of within-game television audience ratings in American football by Paul and Weinbach (2007) found that viewers preferred games with two high quality teams, high levels of outcome uncertainty and high levels of scoring.”