In the mood for Chinese food, a University of California–Berkeley faculty member and his family were headed for San Francisco’s famed Chinatown. Someone remembered that there was apt to be quite a...

member and his family were headed for San Francisco’s famed Chinatown.

Someone remembered that there was apt to be quite a crowd because of

the All-Star Game. As a result, they took a detour to Oakland’s less famous

Chinatown. How would this affect the economic impact of the All-Star

Game? How would a serious analyst discover the extent of these decisions

to go elsewhere?