Home Advantage Revisited: Did COVID Level the Playing Fields?
Paweł Strawiński
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic SciencesWarsaw, Poland
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e Michał Krawczyk
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic SciencesWarsaw, Poland
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25 apr 2022
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Pubblicato online: 25 apr 2022
Pagine: 56 - 67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2022-0004
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© 2022 Paweł Strawiński et al., published by Sciendo
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The COVID-19 pandemic swept fans out of the stadiums, but matches continued to be played in most major football leagues. We make use of this natural experiment to investigate if home field advantage disappears when the home team is not supported by the fans. Focusing on four top European football leagues, we find such an effect in the Bundesliga only. We propose that this singularity may be related to the special role that the fan associations play in German football.