21. "The companies aren't worth that, yet they keep going up because everyone likes them and the bandwagon effect is very strong. 22. There is less empirical evidence for the existence of this effect than there is for the existence of the bandwagon effect . 23. Gary Becker has even argued that the bandwagon effect could be so strong as to make the demand curve slope upward. 24. That's the problem that the sport has suffered in the U . S . Hopefully, it will have a bandwagon effect ." 25. If a successful firm can create a bandwagon effect in which enough momentum builds, then the product becomes a de facto standard. 26. There are good reasons, he said, why the Internet should be exempted while it grows : compliance costs, information problems, bandwagon effects . 27. After the end of the war, Fortner underwent Denazification due to the Bandwagon effect and was found not affected by professional disqualification. 28. Thus, as poll results are repeatedly reported, the bandwagon effect will tend to snowball and become a powerful aid to leading candidates. 29. Apart from said proprietary programs, I would say the main factors behind Linux's popularity are its hardware support and the bandwagon effect . 30. "About a month before an election you start seeing a sort of bandwagon effect and it's beginning to happen in Missouri now ."