| By: | Brian P Soebbing (Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta); 
Nicholas M Watanabe (Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management, University of Mississippi); 
Chad S Seifried (School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University) | 
| Abstract: | The empirical evidence supporting the impact that second degree price 
discrimination has on a firm’s revenue has received little attention. The 
present research examines ticket data from Major League Baseball from 1990 
through 2010. Estimating a two-staged least squares model, we find neither 
price discrimination variable has an impact on team revenues. However, we find 
that both of these price discrimination variables impact revenues when 
examining different facility types. We discuss the impact on the role that 
price behavior and venues have on price dispersion. | 
| Keywords: | Price Discrimination, Price Dispersion, Information, Revenue, Facilities, Tickets | 
| JEL: | D42 L12 L83 | 
| Date: | 2016–08 | 
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:spe:wpaper:1601&r=spo |