employee referral, the new re- cruit internalises the rewards and punishments of the in-house referee meted out by the hiring … depends on the un- observed strength of the endogenous social tie between the referee and the recruit. When the referee …'s utility is increasing in the strength of ties, referee workplace incentives do not matter and referee and employer incentives …

solutions, I propose a change in the review process by abolishing referee anonymity and letting the authors appeal publicly if …

This paper analyses referee home bias due to social pressure with data from the matches played in the First Division of … referee has to make a decision does affect the final outcome; while there is no referee home bias when a free kick is awarded …, in the case of booking players, when the referee has more time to make a decision, social pressure can influence the …

This paper analyses referee home bias due to social pressure with data from the matches played in the First Division of … the Spanish football league between the 2002/03 and 2009/10 seasons. The aim is to assess the behaviour of the referee in … relation to two decisions, namely free kicks awarded and players booked. The variables used to explain referee behaviour are …