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Giusti, GiovanniAuthorRaya, Josep MariaAuthor

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June 29, 2025
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Restaurants' online ratings: To appear or not to appear in TV competition shows

Publicated to:International Journal Of Hospitality Management. 131 104309- - 2025-10-01 131(), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104309

Authors: Anguera-Torrell, Oriol; Giusti, Giovanni; Raya, Josep Maria

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Pompeu Fabra Univ, Tecnocampus, Ave Ernest Lluch 32, Mataro 08302, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, CETT Barcelona Sch Tourism Hospitality & Gastron, Ave Can Marcet 36-38, Barcelona 08035, Spain - Author

Abstract

Restaurant TV reality shows have become very popular. One specific format involves various restaurants competing to become the best in their local region. The restaurants appearing in them get much visibility and can become famous for better or worse, potentially affecting their online ratings. This paper empirically analyzes the causal effect of featuring in one of these shows in Catalonia (Spain) on online restaurant ratings. To this end, we create two fictitious versions of the participating restaurants by separately considering those ratings whose associated reviews are in Catalan -which viewers of the show can potentially write- and those in languages not commonly spoken in Catalonia. Fictitious restaurants based on Catalan reviews serve as our treated group, while the others act as controls. Then, using a staggered difference-in-differences approach, we estimate a positive effect of the show on the number of reviews but not the average rating, yielding critical implications.

Keywords

Cooking showsFood reality showsImpacOnline ratingOnline reviewsRestaurantsStaggered difference-in-differenceTelevisión

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Hospitality Management due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 6/139, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Raya Vilchez, Josep Maria).