Is America’s National Pastime too time consuming?

John Burger and Stephen J.K. Walters

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 2, 204-206

Abstract: World Series telecasts are now an inferior good. Income and the time cost of consumption interact so that a ten percent income increase reduces viewership by 1.8 million households. Increased availability of substitutes reduces ratings but increased drama improves them.

Keywords: Time value; Television; Baseball (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 L82 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.011

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