Change in Home Bias Due to Ghost Games in the NFL

Starke Stephan, Vischer Lars and Alexander Dilger ()
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Starke Stephan: Institute for Organisational Economics, 9185 University of Münster , Münster, Germany
Vischer Lars: Institute for Organisational Economics, 9185 University of Münster , Münster, Germany

Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2024, vol. 244, issue 5-6, 585-604

Abstract: We analyse changes in the National Football League (NFL) due to ghost games in 2020. The home bias disappears as expected. This also applies to semi-ghost games with significantly fewer spectators than regular games and to referee decisions regarding penalties.

Keywords: American football; COVID-19; ghost games; home bias; NFL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z19 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Working Paper: Change in home bias due to ghost games in the NFL (2022)
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DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2023-0087

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