 Aggressive Play and Demand for English Premier League FootballR. Todd Jewell ()
Chapter Chapter 8 in Violence and Aggression in Sporting Contests, 2011, pp 113-131 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This study estimates a demand curve for per-match attendance in the English Premier Football League (EPL), the highest level of professional association football (soccer) in England. An emphasis is placed on the effect of aggressive play on attendance demand. Aggressive play is measured by fouls and cards accumulated by a team during each season. The results indicate that aggressive play by EPL teams has a significant effect on attendance and that this effect varies with team quality and the type of infraction. An increase in normal fouls by the home team appears to decrease attendance for the best teams and increase attendance for the worst teams. However, an increase in yellow-card fouls has the opposite effect on attendance. Interestingly, red cards given for violent play do not seem to be related to EPL per-match attendance, suggesting that fans do not have preferences for seeing violent play. Keywords: Yellow Card; Home Team; Good Team; Team Quality; Association Football (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:semchp:978-1-4419-6630-8_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6630-8_8 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Sports Economics, Management, and Policy from Springer |
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