UNSCRIPTED DRAMA: SOCCER AUDIENCE RESPONSE TO SUSPENSE, SURPRISE, AND SHOCK.

By modeling minute‐by‐minute television audience figures from English Premier League soccer matches, with close to 50,000 minute‐observations, we show that demand is partly driven by suspense and surprise. We also identify an additional relevant factor of appeal to audiences, namely shock, which ref...

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Published in:	Economic Inquiry Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 881 - 897
Main Authors:	Buraimo, Babatunde, Forrest, David, McHale, Ian G., Tena, J.D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Apr2020
Subjects:	F.A. Premier League Television viewers Soccer tournaments Probability theory Winning & losing (Contests & competitions)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost