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The Effect of Match Attendance on Team Performance in Basketball

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  • Vlad I. ROȘCA

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

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Attending matches is a characteristic of spectator sports. Studies have investigated what effects team performances had on fans’ decisions to attend a game, yet rather few research has been carried out in the opposite direction. This paper starts from a rule of thumb that the quantity (number of spectators at the game) and quality (atmosphere created in the stands) of a match attendance has got an impact on how the teams perform during the game. Positive (cheering for the favourite team) and negative (jeering against the opposition or against match officials) emotional influences can be discussed. For testing the conceptual model, a sample of 64 statistical observations ranging over five seasons of the Romanian men’s national basketball league (LNBM) has been used, employing as variables the Performance Index Rating (PIR) – a basketball specific indicator for measuring in-game performances – and attendances at games played in the competition (independent variable x). An ANOVA Factor Analysis, a t-Test and a Regression Analysis (α = 0.05, p

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  • Vlad I. ROȘCA, 2020. "The Effect of Match Attendance on Team Performance in Basketball," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 21(1), pages 71-84, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:rmcimn:v:21:y:2020:i:1:p:71-84
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    Keywords

    sports management; match attendance; team performance; spectatorship; basketball management.;
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    JEL classification:

    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
    • Z21 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Industry Studies
    • Z28 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Policy

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