Home Run or Wild Pitch?

Robert A. Baade and Victor A. Matheson
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Robert A. Baade: Lake Forest College
Victor A. Matheson: Lake Forest College

Journal of Sports Economics, 2001, vol. 2, issue 4, 307-327

Abstract: Major League Baseball has rewarded cities that build new baseball stadiums with the chance to host the All-Star Game. Although the league asserts a significant boost to metropolitan economies due to the game, are these economic impact estimates published by the league credible? In two separate economic impact models, the authors find that All-Star Games since 1973 are actually associated with worse than expected economic performance in host cities.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1177/152700250100200401

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