Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/311872 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Industrial Organization [ISSN:] 1573-7160 [Volume:] 61 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 21-43
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
A peculiarity in professional sports is the fact that leagues regularly hold monopoly power within their sports. However, whether and to what extent these leagues may compete with other leagues across sports is relatively unexplored. This paper contributes to the literature by analyzing competition and fan substitution in Germany, where top-tier league managers in handball, basketball, and ice hockey have recently claimed that their teams suffer from football's dominant position. Our attendance demand models confirm the existence of significant substitution effects in this setting, which suggests that leagues indeed do compete economically across sports for fan attendance .
Subjects: 
Budget constraints
Spatial competition
Sports demand
Time constraints
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