Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés; Gónzalez-Gómez, Francisco; … - Departament d'Estructura Econòmica, Facultad de Economía - 2011
This paper analyses referee home bias due to social pressure with data from the matches played in the First Division of … when it comes to awarding free kicks. However, once a free kick has been awarded, there does appear to be a referee home … bias in the punishment a player receives for committing a foul. These findings suggest that when there is a large crowd in …