Interleague Play And The Big Mac Attack: Estimating The Within-Season Demand For Major League Baseball

Estimation of game-by-game attendance allows the testing of special attendance factors.  In this study the attendance factors of interest are the drawing power of star players (especially homerun hitter Mark McGuire) and particular scheduling circumstances.  The scheduling of interleague games (between the separate National and American League teams) is still a league experiment and deserves close scrutiny with respect to its attendance impact.  Claims by league officials that interleague play increases attendance have not been subject to standard statistical controls.  The opportunity cost of an interleague game was examined by economists before baseball adopted this experiment to increase attendance.

The Attendance Boost Is Over-Rated For Interleague Baseball, And The Big Mac Attack Is A Hit On The Road: All This And More From The Within-Season Demand Model For Major League Baseball

The theory of microeconomic demand is seldom estimated with a rich set of data, yet there is no shortage of statistics in professional sports.  Using the sports industry enables economists to extend traditional theory of demand to include products that change daily (the visiting team) as well as the circumstances of their consumption (e.g., the day of the week).  In fact the home games of professional sports are never identical from one game to the next.  This variation allows one to estimate the quantity response to each of a multitude of factors

National Pastime to Dismal Science: Using Baseball to Illustrate Economic Principles

The game of baseball has enormous appeal to students and economists. By using baseball examples in teaching economics, the professor creates the atmosphere of fun while covering substantive topics in economics. This paper enables professors to enrich their principles course with illustrations, outlines, and annotations. The paper also provides the motivation and the suggested content of a special topics course on Baseball Economics, a sure winner in any Economics Department.Economics

A novel algorithm for better distinction of primary mucinous ovarian carcinomas and mucinous carcinomas metastatic to the ovary

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