Team roster turnover and attendance in major league baseball

C-Tier
Journal: Applied Economics
Year: 1997
Volume: 29
Issue: 4
Pages: 425-431

Authors (2)

Leo Kahane (Providence College) Stephen Shmanske (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Empirical support is shown for the propositionthat sports fans prefer the composition of their home team to remain the same from season to season. Controlling for price, income, population, team quality, league, year, the stadium effects, the regression results indicate that for each percentage point increase in the turnover of the composition of the team, attendance will fall by about 0.7%. The implications of this heretofore ignored tendency are briefly discussed.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:taf:applec:v:29:y:1997:i:4:p:425-431
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25