Home Advantage Revisited: Did COVID Level the Playing Fields?
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The COVID-19 pandemic swept fans out of the stadiums, but matches continued to be played in most major football leagues. We make use of this natural experiment to investigate if home field advantage disappears when the home team is not supported by the fans. Focusing on four top European football leagues, we find such an effect in the Bundesliga only. We propose that this singularity may be related to the special role that the fan associations play in German football.
Language: English
Page range: 56 - 67
Published on: Apr 25, 2022
Published by: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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