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The ‘real’ birthday effect: post-birthday running performance of Football Bundesliga players

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  • Pamela Wicker
  • Daniel Weimar
  • Johannes Orlowski

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While the birthday effect has been widely studied in the economics and sport literature, this study introduces the concept of the ‘real’ birthday effect. It holds that birthday celebrations yield fatigue, which negatively affect running performance. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of players’ birthdays on post-birthday running performance using data from the German Football Bundesliga (2011–2018). The dataset includes 1,040 different field players who played in 2,142 matches (n= 49,233). Running performance was measured by the total distance covered during the game (in m per minute) and the number of intensive runs (>20 and

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  • Pamela Wicker & Daniel Weimar & Johannes Orlowski, 2022. "The ‘real’ birthday effect: post-birthday running performance of Football Bundesliga players," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(12), pages 1129-1133, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:29:y:2022:i:12:p:1129-1133
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1910132
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