Premium
UNCERTAINTY OF OUTCOME, PLAYER QUALITY AND ATTENDANCE AT NATIONAL PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP RUGBY UNION MATCHES: AN EVALUATION IN LIGHT OF THE COMPETITIONS REVIEW
Author(s) -
Owen P. Dorian,
Weatherston Clayton R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
economic papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1759-3441
pISSN - 0812-0439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00985.x
Subject(s) - attendance , championship , outcome (game theory) , quality (philosophy) , set (abstract data type) , psychology , advertising , demographic economics , applied psychology , political science , computer science , business , economics , law , philosophy , mathematical economics , epistemology , programming language
This article investigates the determinants of attendance at New Zealand matches in the First Division of the National Provincial Championship (NPC) in 2000 to 2003. Emphasis is placed on testing the effects on demand of (within‐season and match) uncertainty of outcome and player quality. A general‐to‐specific testing procedure is used to select a set of factors that have a statistically significant effect on attendance, including previous attendance, traditional rivalries, team success and Ranfurly Shield matches. A specific result of interest in light of the Competitions Review's proposal to exclude All Blacks from the NPC is the positive effect on attendance of the presence of All Blacks.