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The Game is Not the Same: The Demand for Test Match Cricket in Australia
Author(s) -
Bhattacharya Mita,
Smyth Russell
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australian economic papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1467-8454
pISSN - 0004-900X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8454.00187
Subject(s) - cricket , economics , test (biology) , attendance , supply and demand , function (biology) , outcome (game theory) , amenity , demand curve , demographic economics , econometrics , microeconomics , economic growth , ecology , biology , paleontology , finance , evolutionary biology
We estimate a cricket demand equation for test matches played in Australia. Consistent with previous studies of the demand for professional sport, demand is specified as a function of both economic factors (such as admission price, income and market size) and match specific factors (such as the uncertainty of outcome, weather conditions and the presence of star players). Our results suggest that match specific factors, rather than economic factors, influence attendance. We compare our results to those of previous studies for Australia and England which estimate the demand for cricket.