Mechtel, Mario; Bäker, Agnes; Brändle, Tobias; … - In: Journal of Sports Economics 12 (2011) 6, pp. 621-646
A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without it. Based on economic theory, the authors analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from 1999 to 2009. The results show that sending-offs...