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The Consequences of the Three-Point Rule in Argentine Professional Soccer

Mendoza, Juan; Rosas, Andrés - UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA - BOGOTÁ - 2015

This paper investigates the effect of the three-point rule on the average number of goals scored per match and the prevalence of ties in Argentine professional soccer. We review the existing theoretical models to analyze the impact of the three-point rule on the offensive and defensive...

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Are Three Points for a Win Really Better Than Two?

Dilger, Alexander; Geyer, Hannah - In: Journal of Sports Economics 10 (2009) 3, pp. 305-318

The effects of the three-point rule in the first league German soccer are tested empirically and compared to games from the German cup competition. The inclusion of cup games ensures that changes in league games can be attributed to the three-point rule. As a result of their relative...

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Does the Three-Point Rule Make Soccer More Exciting? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Lee, Yoong Hon; Parinduri, Rasyad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We examine whether the three-point rule—the increase in rewards for a win from two- to three points that FIFA adopted in 1995—makes Bundesliga games become more exciting. Using regression discontinuity design as the empirical strategy, we do not find evidence that the three-point rule makes...

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Country of origin effects on the average annual values of NHL player contracts

Fenn, Aju J.; Gerdes, Lucas; Rothstein, Samuel - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 7 (2019) 2, pp. 1-11

Using data from 2005 to 2016, this paper examines if players in the National Hockey League (NHL) are being paid a … with the existing literature, we use lagged performance statistics and dummy variables to control for the type of NHL … of NHL player salaries. …

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All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - 2014

We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as … more likely to make it into the NHL, but display significantly lower performance across all birth cohorts than later … calendar births. In short, those in the top echelon of NHL achievement are drawn from fatter cohorts and later relative age …

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