Our Fans in the North: The Demand for British Rugby League

John Jones (), John A. Schofield () and David Giles
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John A. Schofield: Department of Economics, University of Victoria, https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/economics/

No 9902, Econometrics Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Victoria

Abstract: This paper reports the results of estimating a single equation model of an attendance function for British Rugby League over the seasons 1982/83 to 1990/91. The data are panel data covering virtually every team which played in the two division league over the nine year time period. Diagnostic tests indicate that the appropriate model is a semi-log random effects model, where the dependent variable is league attendance weighted by population. The major results are as follows: there are significant positive relationships between league attendance and various measure of team success (although the direction of causality is moot), team quality (as proxied by the two divisions) and the economic quality of team location (as proxied by the unemployment rate); but there is no discernible relationship between league attendance and either success in non-league trophy competitions or measures of exceptional player quality.

Keywords: Sport; rugby league; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 1999-05-10
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Note: ISSN 1485-6441
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