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Consumer Demand for the Baseball Experience: Uncertain Demand with a Capacity Constraint

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  • Jannett Highfill

    (Bradley University)

  • William V. Weber

    (Eastern Illinois University)

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Suppose consumers demand a composite good called "baseball experience" that incorporates the value received from both attending the game in person and purchasing concessions at the stadium. It is shown that when the firm maximizes the total profit from tickets and concessions, the ticket price is between the competitive and simple monopoly prices. Further, the paper considers uncertain demand and a capacity constraint, which are shown to raise the firm's marginal cost and make the ticket price higher and "stickier" than in the certainty model. The paper provides some insights into two open questions from the empirical sports literature.

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  • Jannett Highfill & William V. Weber, 2004. "Consumer Demand for the Baseball Experience: Uncertain Demand with a Capacity Constraint," Journal of Economic Insight, Missouri Valley Economic Association, vol. 30(1), pages 21-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:mve:journl:v:30:y:2004:i:1:p:21-41
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    JEL classification:

    • D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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