Rot‐Jaune‐Verde: On linguistic bias of referees in Swiss soccer*.

We utilize data from 5,010 soccer games in the top two Swiss divisions between the 2005/06 and 2018/19 seasons. In these games, a referee can share the same linguistic area with one of the teams. Using referee‐per‐season fixed effects, we find that referees issue significantly more penalties, in the...

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Published in:	Kyklos Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 380 - 407
Main Authors:	Faltings, Richard, Krumer, Alex, Lechner, Michael
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Aug2023
Subjects:	Shared housing Soccer referees Soccer tournaments Soccer fans
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost