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Home-Field Effect and Team Performance

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  • Fiona Carmichael

    (University of Salford)

  • Dennis Thomas

    (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, det@aber.ac.uk)

Abstract

This article discusses the home-field effect in professional team sports and provides further evidence of home advantage in association football as played in the English Premier League. Utilizing play data it employs match-based production function to investigate the home-field effect on within-match performance by home and away teams.

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  • Fiona Carmichael & Dennis Thomas, 2005. "Home-Field Effect and Team Performance," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 6(3), pages 264-281, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jospec:v:6:y:2005:i:3:p:264-281
    DOI: 10.1177/1527002504266154
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