We investigate to what extent crowd support contributes to the home advantage in soccer, disentangling this effect from … which teams enjoy different levels of support from the crowd - the home team has many more supporters, mainly because of …

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 … on all the matches played by national teams in all the tournaments of the FIFA Soccer World Cup (from 1930 to 2010) and …

team performance. To verify this prediction, we exploit self-collected data on the first division of German male soccer …We present a simple model to illustrate how birthplace diversity may affect team performance. The model assumes that … different instrumental variable approaches to identify the effect of birthplace diversity on team performance. Our findings …

We use data from top-level soccer to examine determinants of individual misbehaviour in team contests. Our estimates …

soccer. Ethnic team composition is measured using facial recognition techniques, player names, and nationality. The study …This paper examines the relationship between customer preferences and ethnic team composition in German professional ….6 percentage points. When examining the impacts of these changes in ethnic team composition on team productivity and economic …

That football Head Coaches will be dismissed for poor performance and will quit when they have better outside options … literature indicates little improvement in team performance when one coach replaces another. Equally, Head Coaches may have few …

leaders and organisational performance. Using game-by-game linked employer-employee data for professional football in four … reweight teams' performance prior to the departure of a Coach so that trends in team performance prior to the departure match … spells which ended with a Coach remaining in post. Consistent with theory, Head Coach quits have little or no impact on team …

Superstars in European football are exceptionally talented and enjoy celebrity status. While second-tier stars, i ….e., players barely below superstar status, lack popularity, their marginal contribution to team performance on the pitch relative … and second-tier stars, we compare the marginal contributions of superstars and second-tier stars to team performance on …