Pressure versus ability: Evidence from penalty shoot-outs between teams from different divisions

Alex Krumer

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2020, vol. 89, issue C

Abstract: This study utilizes data from 586 shoot-outs between teams from different divisions in national cups of the top five European soccer countries. We find that a difference in one league between the teams increases the gap between probabilities of winning by 8 percentage points in favor of a team from a higher division. This result contradicts the widespread belief that penalty shoot-outs are a game of chance, highlighting the importance of ability even in a simple mechanical task that takes place in high-pressure situations.

Keywords: Performance; Soccer; Collective decision-making; Choking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D00 D20 D79 L00 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2020.101578

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