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Price, Income & Unemployment Effects on Greek Professional Football

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Vassiliki Avgerinou () (University of Peloponnese)
Stefanos Giakoumatos () (The Highest Institute for Technological Education of Kalamata)
Abstract

Based on data of 26 Greek professional football clubs of Division A’ and B’ for 16 seasons (1991/92-2006/07), we investigate the effect of sporting and economic variables on the attendance in Greek football stadia. Price, income and unemployment are found to be statistically significant in the small Greek football market, while controlling for classic sporting determinants of demand such as success, entertainment and promotion/relegation. We include two more dummy variables; one for the new stadia constructed for the Olympic Games of 2004 and one for the enthusiasm effect of the EURO 2004 victory by the Greek National Team.

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Paper provided by International Association of Sports Economists in its series Working Papers with number 0907.

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Keywords: Greek Football; Football Demand; Attendance;

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  1. Baimbridge, Mark & Cameron, Samuel & Dawson, Peter, 1996. "Satellite Television and the Demand for Football: A Whole New Ball Game?," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 43(3), pages 317-33, August.
  2. Simmons, Robert, 1996. "The Demand for English League Football: A Club-Level Analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 139-55, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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