Resumen de The relationship between outcome uncertainties and match attendance: : new evidence in the national basketball association

Wen-Jhan Jane

• This paper investigates the determinants of game-day attendance for the National Basketball Association for the 2009/2010-2011/2012 seasons. Six different measures of short-run league-level competitive balance and game uncertainty for two rivals are incorporated at the same time in a Tobit model. The results for the effect of league-level uncertainty support the hypotheses of outcome uncertainty, but the effect of game-level uncertainty does not. Closer wins by the competing teams within a league and a larger gap in terms of the point spread between two teams in the betting market lead to higher attendance.