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Recent studies of the demand for sports clearly indicate that stars play an important role in promoting fan interest. However, on theoretical grounds it is controversial if a star’s talent superiority and/or a star’s popularity drive match attendance and hence increase gate revenues. Using longitudinal match attendance data of all clubs in the first German soccer league in a 9-year period, the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Sports Economics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1527-0025,1552-7794
DOI: 10.1177/1527002507302026