[HTML][HTML] Ghost games and ex-post viewing preferences for the English Premier League: Evidence from YouTube highlights

D Butler, R Butler - Sports Economics Review, 2023 - Elsevier
We ask if the move to play elite football (soccer) matches without spectators during the
COVID-19 pandemic impacted online viewership. Using a new dataset from YouTube, we …

Home advantage and Referee Bias: a comparative analysis of League Level differences

A Işın - Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Home advantage (HA) and referee bias are two important phenomena in football (soccer)
and are frequently investigated by researchers. This study focused on analyzing HA and …

Favoritism under multiple sources of social pressure

G Békés, E Borza, M Fleck - Economic Inquiry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
When social pressure leads to favoritism, policies might aim to reduce the bias by affecting
its source. This paper shows that multiple sources may be present and telling them apart is …