La victoire à trois points dans le football a-t-elle rendu les équipes plus offensives ?

Richard Duhautois and Romain Eyssautier

Revue économique, 2016, vol. 67, issue 6, 1245-1254

Abstract: In the 1990s, the three-point rule was introduced in football associations: 2 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 point for a loss was replaced with 3 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 point for a loss. The aim of this reform was to increase the incentives for teams to play a more offensive game. We compare the percentage of draws before and after the reform for the French premier league (Ligue 1) and the French cup (Coupe de France). Using difference-in-differences estimation, we show that the repartition of victories is affected by the reform: the percentage of home victories has decreased and the percentage of guest victories has increased, letting unchanged the percentage of draws. Classification JEL : Z2, C2, L2.

JEL-codes: C2 L2 Z2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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