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Title: Proximity and voting for the professional sporting stadiums: the pattern of support for the Seahawk stadium referendum

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This paper evaluates voting behavior on the Seahawk Stadium referendum in the State of Washington. For our empirical strategy, we implement both the linear probability model and a group logit model, which gives greater weight to voting areas with greater number of votes cast. We find that voting support was lowest among those living closest to the proposed stadium site, while voting support was highest among those within easy access of the stadium. This nonlinear distance effect differs from the typical proximity effect found in most professional sporting stadiums in the United States; however, it is consistent with a referendum-voting outcome for a professional soccer stadium in Germany and public projects such as national forests.

Url: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/coep.12108/full

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Authors: Horn, Brady P; Cantor, Michael; Fort, Rodney

Periodical (Full): Contemporary Economic Policy

Issue: 4

Volume: 33

Pages: 678-688

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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