Social pressure in decision making: Home advantage in Mexican football

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 hom...

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Autores: Velázquez Guadarrama, César, Hernández Velázquez, Juan Martín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Económicos de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx:article/453
Acceso en línea:https://estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx/index.php/economicos/article/view/453
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:presión social
fútbol mexicano
ventaja del equipo local
sesgo arbitral
Z20
Z21
L83
D91
home advantage
social pressure
referee bias
Mexican football
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Sumario: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.