Competitive balance versus competitive intensity before a match: Is one of these concepts more relevant in explaining attendance? The case of the French football Ligue 1 over the period 2008-2011

Nicolas Scelles (), Christophe Durand (), Liliane Bonnal, Daniel Goyeau and Wladimir Andreff ()
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Nicolas Scelles: UFR STAPS – FSS [Poitiers] - Université de Poitiers – Faculté des Sciences du sport - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers
Christophe Durand: CesamS - Centre d'étude sport et actions motrices - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université
Daniel Goyeau: UFR Sciences économiques [Poitiers] - Université de Poitiers – Faculté de Sciences économiques - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers
Wladimir Andreff: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The aim of this article is to investigate the determinants of attendance at French football Ligue 1 matches over the period 2008–2011 with an emphasis on examining the effects of both competitive balance and intensity before a match. Competitive balance is measured by the point difference between the two teams concerned by a match in the championship. Competitive intensity is measured by the point difference for the home team in relation to ranks with sporting stakes. Results show that competitive balance has an insignificant impact whereas competitive intensity has a significantly positive impact. Implications are drawn.

Keywords: Sports economics; Competitive balance; Uncertainty of outcome; French football; Competitive intensity; Sporting stakes; Attendance; Ligue 1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Published in Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (29), pp.4184-4192. ⟨10.1080/00036846.2013.770124⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2013.770124

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