Location and Survival in the National Hockey League
建立了一个职业体育特许经营模型，利用1977-78赛季国家冰球联盟数据，分析区位对观众人数、市场力量和长期球队质量的影响，并解释联盟扩张和球队搬迁决策。
A model of professional sport franchises is introduced and used to explore the locational and other determi nants of profitability. Particular attention is paid to the effect of location on attendance, market power, and long-run team quality. Whe n estimated using data for the National Hockey League in 1977-78, the model indicates that location has an effect on each of these and tha t their combined effect on profitability is effective in explaining p rior and subsequent decisions concerning league expansion and franchi se relocation. A number of other matters are also addressed, includin g league arguments for antitrust exemption and league policies to res trict expansion. Copyright 1988 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.