DOES THE HOME ADVANTAGE DEPEND ON CROWD SUPPORT? EVIDENCE FROM SAME-STADIUM DERBIES

Michela Ponzo and Vincenzo Scoppa ()

No 201402, Working Papers from Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Economia, Statistica e Finanza "Giovanni Anania" - DESF

Abstract: We investigate to what extent crowd support contributes to the home advantage in soccer, disentangling this effect from other mechanisms such as players’ familiarity with the stadium and travel fatigue. To evaluate the relevance of crowd support in determining home advantage we analyze same-stadium derbies (matches among teams that share the same stadium) in which teams enjoy different levels of support from the crowd – the home team has many more supporters, mainly because of season ticket holders – while teams do not differ in terms of travel fatigue or familiarity with the stadium. Our estimation results suggest the existence of a sizable crowd support’s effect on the home advantage generated both through the influence on referee’s decisions and through the encouragement of players’ performance.

Keywords: Soccer; Home Advantage; Crowd Support; Social Pressure; Team Performance; Attendance; Travel Fatigue; Stadium Familiarity; Referee Home Bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 D89 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2014-03
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Working Paper: Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies (2014)
Working Paper: Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies (2014)
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