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Title
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If You Win, They Will Come: Major League Baseball and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis
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Author
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Pouler, Christopher
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics, Sports administration
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Description
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ABSTRACTThis paper extends the Knowles et al. (1992) paper titled "The Demand for Major League Baseball: A Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis." The main research question is to replicate, and improve, the original paper using data from ...
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THE EFFECT OF SPORTING EVENTS ON FIRM-LEVEL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN UPTOWN CHARLOTTE
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Author
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Fore, Benjamin
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Sports administration
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Description
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This study investigates the impact of sporting events in Charlotte, North Carolina on local economic activity. A formal analysis of the effect these events have on local markets is useful in supporting or refuting the assumption of economic benefi...
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Tanking in the National Hockey League
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Author
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Hayden, Shelley
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Sports administration
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Description
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Tanking, the incentive for a sports team to lose game(s) at the end of the regular season to secure a favorable draft position, is a researched problem in multiple major sports leagues. Attempts to diminish the incentive to tank have been implemen...