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Re-evaluating the role of attendance on home advantage: evidence from an international rugby tournament
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posted on 2023-11-15, 11:15 authored by Peter Dawson, Paul DownwardPaul Downward, Vincent Hogan, Patrick MasseyHome advantage has been documented in many sports. It is hypothesized that higher attendances, likely dominated by home-team supporters can be a source of this advantage either through influence on match officials or by spurring the home team to greater efforts relative to the away team. We examine this latter hypothesis using a dataset of 1,030 matches over eight seasons, 2012/13 to 2019/20, in the Pro- 14, one of the three major European Rugby Union leagues. Our results initially display strong evidence of home advantage. However, once we control for team quality, home advantage is significantly reduced. Further our results also indicate that home advantage is not explained by the impact of attendances on team performance (effort).
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
International Journal of Sport FinanceVolume
18Issue
4Pages
209-221Publisher
FiT PublishingVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Rights holder
© West Virginia UniversityPublisher statement
This paper was published by FiT Publishing: Dawson, Peter, Paul Downward, Vincent Hogan, and Patrick Massey. 2023. “Re-Evaluating the Role of Attendance on Home Advantage: Evidence From an International Rugby Tournament.” International Journal of Sport Finance 18 (4): 209–21.Acceptance date
2023-07-20Publication date
2023-11-01Copyright date
2023ISSN
1558-6235eISSN
1930-076XPublisher version
Language
- en