FAVORITISM AND REFEREE BIAS IN EUROPEAN SOCCER: EVIDENCE FROM THE SPANISH LEAGUE AND THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

In this paper, we test for, and find evidence of, referee bias in favor of home teams in European football using minute‐by‐minute analysis to control for within‐game events. The context for the analysis is Spain's Primera Liga and the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Champions Leag...

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Published in:Contemporary economic policy 2012-07, Vol.30 (3), p.329-343
Main Authors: BURAIMO, BABATUNDE, SIMMONS, ROB, MACIASZCZYK, MAREK
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Associations
Bias
Credit
Crowds
Economic policy
Entertainment
Football
Internet
Judgement
Leagues
Neutrality
Probability
Professional soccer
Professional sports
Referees
Sanctions
Soccer
Spain
Sport games
Sports officiating
Studies
Team sports
Teams
Tournaments & championships
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