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Artificial Pitches and Unfair Home Advantage in Professional Football

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  • van Ours, Jan C.

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In the Netherlands, in the top tier of professional football some teams play their home matches on an artificial pitch while other teams play their home matches on natural grass. This paper investigates whether or not home teams who play on an artificial pitch have an additional home advantage to the regular home advantage. The main finding is, that this is indeed the case. This implies that artificial pitches generate an unfair home advantage in a competitive sport.

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  • van Ours, Jan C., 2017. "Artificial Pitches and Unfair Home Advantage in Professional Football," CEPR Discussion Papers 12341, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12341
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    1. Jan C. Ours, 2019. "A Note on Artificial Pitches and Home Advantage in Dutch Professional Football," De Economist, Springer, vol. 167(1), pages 89-103, March.

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    Keywords

    Professional football; Unfair competition; Artificial pitch; Home advantage;
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    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

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