Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/220062 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2020-025/V
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We analyze 45 years of data from English professional football focusing on the determinants of home advantage. We conclude that seasonal home advantage is substantial and positively related to within-team variation in attendance. Furthermore, despite big cross-league differences in attendance, the average home advantage is about the same across the English leagues. The average home advantage over the period of analysis was 0.63 points and 0.45 goals difference. Finally, we find that over time there is a substantial decline in the home advantage that materializes equally across the leagues.
Subjects: 
Professional football
home advantage
managers
JEL: 
L83
Z21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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