{"product_id":"9781937056568","title":"What Took Me Out To The Ball Game The Determinants Of Attendance Of Major League Baseball Games From 1989 To 1999 And The Implications Of The 1994 Labor Strike","description":"Baseball fans attend Major League Baseball games for many reasons-to watch their home team in the midst of a winning season; to bask in the afterglow of a recent World Series win; or to see a newly acquired All-Star.\u003cbr\u003eBut many impersonal factors determine how many people attend a Major\u003cbr\u003eLeague Baseball game, including local unemployment rates, the presence of other professional sporting franchises, or the number of games broadcast on television.\u003cp\u003eWhat Took Me Out to the Ball Game utilizes a linear regression analysis to examine competitive and team-market factors that permeated Major League\u003cbr\u003eBaseball during the 1990s and what impact they had on attendance at games.\u003cbr\u003eIt examines the significance of twenty market and team-quality factors, in particular the impact of the 1994 labor strike which caused the cancellation of hundreds of games and the World Series in 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatharine E. Willers is a lifelong baseball fan and economic enthusiast. Resulting from research she did for this book, she spent a summer as a researcher at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. Willers graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a BA in Economics and earned an MA in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. After initially pursuing a career in business and marketing, she transitioned to a career in policy and international affairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatharine is married and currently resides in the Washington, DC area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parkgate Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047594836208,"sku":"9781937056568","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937056568_p0.jpg?v=1763660659","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937056568","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}