TY - JOUR

T1 - An analysis of consumer response to corruption

T2 - Italy’s Calciopoli scandal

AU - Buraimo, Babatunde

AU - Migali, Giuseppe

AU - Simmons, Robert

PY - 2016/2

Y1 - 2016/2

N2 - The Calciopoli episode affecting Italian football in the 2005–6 season serves as an opportunity for an empirical investigation into consumer (fan) behavior, following league-imposed punishments on clubs whose officials were found guilty of corrupt practices.Using a difference-in-differences estimation method, we find that home attendances for convicted teams fell by around 16%, relative to those clubs not subject to punishment.We show further that the fall in attendances resulted in non-trivial gate revenue reductions.Our results suggest that a sizeable number of fans of the punished clubs were subsequently deterred from supporting their teams inside the stadium.

AB - The Calciopoli episode affecting Italian football in the 2005–6 season serves as an opportunity for an empirical investigation into consumer (fan) behavior, following league-imposed punishments on clubs whose officials were found guilty of corrupt practices.Using a difference-in-differences estimation method, we find that home attendances for convicted teams fell by around 16%, relative to those clubs not subject to punishment.We show further that the fall in attendances resulted in non-trivial gate revenue reductions.Our results suggest that a sizeable number of fans of the punished clubs were subsequently deterred from supporting their teams inside the stadium.

U2 - 10.1111/obes.12094

DO - 10.1111/obes.12094

M3 - Journal article

VL - 78

SP - 22

EP - 41

JO - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

JF - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

SN - 0305-9049

IS - 1

ER -