nep-spo 2017-10-08 papers

on Sports and Economics

Issue of 2017‒10‒08
one paper chosen by
João Carlos Correia Leitão
Universidade da Beira Interior

Artificial Pitches and Unfair Home Advantage in Professional Football By van Ours, Jan C.

Artificial Pitches and Unfair Home Advantage in Professional Football

By:	van Ours, Jan C.
Abstract:	In the Netherlands, in the top tier of professional football some teams play their home matches on an artificial pitch while other teams play their home matches on natural grass. This paper investigates whether or not home teams who play on an artificial pitch have an additional home advantage to the regular home advantage. The main finding is, that this is indeed the case. This implies that artificial pitches generate an unfair home advantage in a competitive sport.
Keywords:	artificial pitch; home advantage; Professional football; unfair competition
JEL:	L83
Date:	2017–09
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12341&r=spo

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