How outcome uncertainty, loss aversion and team quality affect stadium attendance in Dutch professional football

被引：20

作者：

Besters, Lucas M. ^{[1
]}

van Ours, Jan C. ^{[2
,3
,4
,5
]}

van Tuijl, Martin A. ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] Rabobank, Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Erasmus Sch Econ, Erasmus Ctr Appl Sports Econ, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[3] Erasmus Sch Econ, Tinbergen Inst, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[4] Univ Melbourne, Dept Econ, Parkville, Vic, Australia

[5] CEPR, London, England

[6] Tilburg Univ, Dept Econ, Tilburg, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY | 2019年 / 72卷

关键词：

Stadium attendance; Professional football; Outcome uncertainty; Loss aversion; Play-offs; ECONOMICS; DEMAND; SUSPENSE; SPORTS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.joep.2019.03.002

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We investigate stadium attendance in the highest level of Dutch professional football for the seasons 2000/01-2015/16 focusing on outcome uncertainty, loss aversion and team quality. We find that for individual football matches, attendance is related to reference-dependent preferences with loss aversion dominating the preference for uncertain outcomes. Furthermore, team quality is an important determinant of stadium attendance. Towards the end of the season, outcome uncertainty regarding the final ranking becomes important. For this seasonal uncertainty, we find a positive and stable, but rather small impact of the introduction of a unique and large end-of-season play-off scheme for the qualification for European football.

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页码：117 / 127

页数：11

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