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Aggressive Play and Demand for English Premier League Football

In: Violence and Aggression in Sporting Contests

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  • R. Todd Jewell

    (University of North Texas)

Abstract

This study estimates a demand curve for per-match attendance in the English Premier Football League (EPL), the highest level of professional association football (soccer) in England. An emphasis is placed on the effect of aggressive play on attendance demand. Aggressive play is measured by fouls and cards accumulated by a team during each season. The results indicate that aggressive play by EPL teams has a significant effect on attendance and that this effect varies with team quality and the type of infraction. An increase in normal fouls by the home team appears to decrease attendance for the best teams and increase attendance for the worst teams. However, an increase in yellow-card fouls has the opposite effect on attendance. Interestingly, red cards given for violent play do not seem to be related to EPL per-match attendance, suggesting that fans do not have preferences for seeing violent play.

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  • R. Todd Jewell, 2011. "Aggressive Play and Demand for English Premier League Football," Sports Economics, Management, and Policy, in: R. Todd Jewell (ed.), Violence and Aggression in Sporting Contests, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 113-131, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:semchp:978-1-4419-6630-8_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6630-8_8
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    Cited by:

    1. Peter Dawson, 2014. "Refereeing and infringement of the rules," Chapters, in: John Goddard & Peter Sloane (ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Professional Football, chapter 24, pages 401-418, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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