Home advantage and crowd attendance: Evidence from rugby during the Covid 19 pandemic

(Heimvorteil und Zuschauerzahlen: Evidenz aus dem Rugby während der Covid-19 Pandemie)

The COVID-19 pandemic forced almost all professional and amateur sports to be played without attending crowds. Thus, it induced a large-scale natural experiment on the impact of social pressure on decision making and behavior in sports fields. Using a data set of 1027 rugby union matches from 11 tournaments in 10 countries, we find that home teams have won less matches and their points difference decreased during the pandemics, shedding light on the impact of crowd attendance on the {\em home advantage} of sports teams.
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Schlagworte: Wettkampf Rugby Zuschauer Mannschaft Leistung Relation Virus
Notationen: Spielsportarten Organisationen und Veranstaltungen
Tagging: Coronavirus Heimvorteil
Veröffentlicht in: arXiv e-print repository
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Heft: arXiv:2105.01446
Dokumentenarten: elektronische Publikation
Sprache: Englisch
Level: hoch