Social pressure in decision making: Home advantage in Mexican football

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  • César Velázquez Guadarrama Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Juan Martín Hernández Velázquez Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v39i2.453

Keywords:

home advantage, social pressure, referee bias, Mexican football

Abstract

One of the explanations for the home advantage in football is the social pressure the public exerts on players and referees. In this context, this work aims to study the determinants of this fact in Mexican football. The results show that crowd support does not affect the advantage of playing at home. Referees do respond to social pressure by showing a higher number of yellow cards, but to both teams, which eliminates any bias in favor of the home team. These results are contrary to what has been found for Europe.

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Published

2024-07-31

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Velázquez Guadarrama, C., & Hernández Velázquez, J. M. (2024). Social pressure in decision making: Home advantage in Mexican football. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 39(2), 279–310. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v39i2.453
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Vol. 39 No. 2 (2024): 78-vol. 39, no. 2, july-december, 2024

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