Should football fans pay for security? Effects of a security fee

Sander CJ; Thiem S

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

There is a lively debate on whether football fans should pay a security fee to finance police activities. This paper investigates the price effect on the demand for tickets in a dynamic setting, by considering two subgroups of spectators, namely fans and hooligans. We analyze a situation in which the demand from each subgroup causes a negative social externality for members of the other group but a positive one for members of the same group. We show that charging a security fee may start a dynamic process, leading to fewer fans and more hooligans attending matches and thus, counterintuitively to even more violence. Therefore, the present study provides an argument to refrain from charging a security fee. As an alternative economic solution, we discuss the strategy of outpricing hooligans.

Details zur Publikation

FachzeitschriftResearch in Economics
Jahrgang / Bandnr. / Volume77
Ausgabe / Heftnr. / Issue1
Seitenbereich122-130
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2023
DOI10.1016/j.rie.2023.01.006
Link zum Volltexthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109094432300008X
StichwörterHooliganism, Mob-goods, Security fee, Football, Violence

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Sander, Christian Johannes
Institut für Finanzwissenschaft I