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Do Fans Impact Sports Outcomes? A COVID-19 Natural Experiment∗

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  • Jeffrey Cross
  • Richard Uhrig

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This paper studies the effect of fan attendance on home field advantage in top European soccer leagues. We exploit exogenous variation in the level of fan attendance driven by COVID-19 mitigation policies and find that the home field advantage, as measured by home minus away (expected) goals, is reduced by more than 50% across the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, and Spanish La Liga. This leads to a decrease in probability for a home win, indicating that these goals are pivotal with respect to match outcomes.

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  • Jeffrey Cross & Richard Uhrig, 2023. "Do Fans Impact Sports Outcomes? A COVID-19 Natural Experiment∗," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 24(1), pages 3-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jospec:v:24:y:2023:i:1:p:3-27
    DOI: 10.1177/15270025221100204
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