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Does a sudden death liven up the game? Rules, incentives, and strategy in football

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  • Anurag Banerjee
  • Johan Swinnen

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In an effort to stimulate more attractive football, the international football association FIFA, has recently introduced the "sudden death" or "golden goal" rule for games going into extra time play. This paper analyses under which conditions, if any, the introduction of the sudden death rule improves the attractiveness of the football game. Our results indicate that the new rule will not change the behavior of equally powerful teams. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

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  • Anurag Banerjee & Johan Swinnen, 2004. "Does a sudden death liven up the game? Rules, incentives, and strategy in football," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 23(2), pages 411-421, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:23:y:2004:i:2:p:411-421
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0402-3
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    1. Richard Duhautois & Romain Eyssautier, 2016. "La victoire à trois points dans le football a-t-elle rendu les équipes plus offensives ?," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 67(6), pages 1245-1254.
    2. Liam J.A. Lenten & Jan Libich & Petr Stehlík, 2013. "Policy Timing and Footballers' Incentives," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 14(6), pages 629-655, December.

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