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Fatigue and Team Performance in Soccer : Evidence from the FIFA World Cup and the Uefa European Championship
Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2013
We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of … the UEFA European Football Championship (from 1960 to 2012). We relate team performance (in terms of points gained and …
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Seemingly Irrelevant Events Affect Economic Perceptions and Expectations : The FIFA World Cup 2006 as a Natural Experiment
Dohmen, Thomas J.; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2021
Prominent economic theories have emphasized the role of commonly held perceptions and expectations for determining macroeconomic outcomes. A key empirical question is how such collectively held beliefs are formed. We use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. We provide direct evidence...
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Home Advantage in European International Soccer : Which Dimension of Distance Matters?
van Damme, Nils - 2019
prosperity. To this end, we analyse 2,012 recent matches played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. We find that …
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The Flexibility of the Workweek in the United States : Evidence from the FIFA World Cup
Lozano, Fernando A. - 2009
In this paper I explore the flexibility of the work week in the United States, using the FIFA Soccer World Cup as a natural experiment. My empirical strategy exploits the exogenous variation that arises due to which country hosts the World Cup, as this will determine the time games are broadcast...
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Is Soccer Good for You? The Motivational Impact of Big Sporting Events on the Unemployed
Dörrenberg, Philipp - 2014
We examine the effect of salient international soccer tournaments on the motivation of unemployed individuals to search for employment using the German Socio Economic Panel 1984-2010. Exploiting the random scheduling of survey interviews, we find significant effects on motivational variables...
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Effects of a Red Card on Goal-Scoring in World Cup Football Matches
Cerveny, Jakub - 2016
We examine the effect of the sending-off of a player on the goal-scoring rates in FIFA World Cup matches in tournaments from 1998 to 2014. We use a hazard rate framework in which the effect of a red card is modeled as a shift in the goal-scoring rate. A red card may harm the team that receives a...
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Player Dismissal and Full Time Results in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League
De Meyere, Arne - 2018
international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912250
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Does Compliance with Financial Fair Play Rules Improve the Football Clubs' Sport Performance and Their Chances to Reach UEFA Competitions?
Garcia-del-Barrio, Pedro; Agnese, Pablo - 2022
This paper evaluates the European football clubs' compliance with UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations and the … responsibility implies better sport performance and higher chances to qualify for the Champions and Europa Leagues …
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Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the 'Dying Seconds' of International Football Matches
van Ours, Jan C. - 2010
important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full 'A' international matches of six … national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national …
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The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success : Evidence from German Soccer
Hentschel, Sandra - 2014
We study the impact of managers on the success of professional soccer teams using data from the German "Bundesliga". We evaluate the performance impact of individual managers by estimating regression models that include both team and manager fixed effects, where we are exploiting the high...
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