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SUBMITTER: Albanese A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7043735 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Albanese Andrea A Baert Stijn S Verstraeten Olivier O
PloS one 20200226 2
This study is the first to investigate whether the introduction of additional assistant referees in the UEFA Europa League (2009-2010 season) and the UEFA Champions League (2010-2011 season) was associated with lower referee bias in terms of home and "big" team favouritism. To this end, we analyse a unique database with pre- and within-game characteristics of all games in seven recent seasons in these leagues by means of bivariate probit regression models. We find evidence for substantial refere ...[more]