Favouritism and financial incentives: A natural experiment
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Rickman, N and Witt, R (2008) Favouritism and financial incentives: A natural experiment ECONOMICA, 75 (298). 296 - 309. ISSN 0013-0427
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00605.x
Abstract
Principals who exercise favouritism towards certain agents may harm those who are not so favoured. We address this issue in the context of a natural experiment from English soccer. We study the effects of professional referees on a common measure of referee bias: length of injury time in close matches. We find that referees exercised a degree of favouritism prior to professionalism but not afterwards, having controlled for selection and soccer-wide effects. We also discuss the suitability of the variable that we, and others, use to measure favouritism, noting that alternative interpretations may be possible.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an electronic version of an Article published in Economica, 75 (298), 296-309, May 2008. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HOME ADVANTAGE, FAVORITISM, SPORT, BIAS, COST |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Economics and Law > Economics |
| ID Code: | 430852 |
| Deposited By: | Symplectic Elements |
| Deposited On: | 19 Apr 2012 12:26 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2013 14:38 |
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