How Sensitive are Sports Fans to Unemployment?

We analyze attendance of professional football matches in England finding that it is related to unemployment over a very long period of time. More unemployment leads to lower attendances. Distinguishing between leagues, we find that the relationship is larger for lower leagues, i.e. attendance of lower quality football events are more sensitive to fluctuations in unemployment.

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Year of publication:	2021
Authors:	Reade, J. James ; van Ours, Jan C.
Publisher:	Amsterdam and Rotterdam : Tinbergen Institute
Subject:	Stadium attendance \| football \| unemployment

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Series:	Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; TI 2021-048/V
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1760932566 [GVK] hdl:10419/237781 [Handle] RePEc:tin:wpaper:20210048 [RePEc]
Classification:	C23 - Models with Panel Data ; z21 ; D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Source:	EconStor

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