Does a Sudden Death Liven Up the Game?: Rules, Incentives, and Strategy in Football

Anurag Banerjee and Johan Swinnen

No 500563, Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven from KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven

Abstract: In an effort to stimulate more attractive football, the international football association FIFA, has recently introduced the "sudden death" or "golden goal" rule for games going into extra time play. This paper analyses under which conditions, if any, the introduction of the sudden death rule improves the attractiveness of the football game. Our results indicate that the new rule will not change the behavior of equally powerful teams.

Pages: 24
Date: 2002
Note: paper number DPS 02.08
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Published in CES - DSiscussion paper series, volume 23, issue 2

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