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La victoire à trois points dans le football a-t-elle rendu les équipes plus offensives ?

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  • Richard Duhautois

    (CEE - Centre d'études de l'emploi - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé, ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12, TEPP - Travail, Emploi et Politiques Publiques - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Romain Eyssautier

    (ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12, TEPP - Travail, Emploi et Politiques Publiques - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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In the 1990s, the three-point rule was introduced in football associations: 2 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 point for a loss was replaced with 3 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 point for a loss. The aim of this reform was to increase the incentives for teams to play a more offensive game. We compare the percentage of draws before and after the reform for the French premier league (Ligue 1) and the French cup (Coupe de France). Using difference-in-differences estimation, we show that the repartition of victories is affected by the reform: the percentage of home victories has decreased and the percentage of guest victories has increased, letting unchanged the percentage of draws. Classification JEL : Z2, C2, L2.
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  • Richard Duhautois & Romain Eyssautier, 2016. "La victoire à trois points dans le football a-t-elle rendu les équipes plus offensives ?," Post-Print hal-02932191, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02932191
    DOI: 10.3917/reco.pr2.0071
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    • Z2 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics
    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior

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