Did the AFL Equalisation Policy Achieve the Evenness of the League?

In this paper, we investigate whether the Australian Football League (AFL) intervention policies coincided with a more even-playing field in the league, as captured by individual match margins. We find that only two out of the eight major policies implemented over the last hundred years are correlated with lower margin. All other policies are at best ineffectual, and at worst, potentially damaging to the evenness the AFL strives to achieve.

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Authors:	Sim, Nicholas ; Masson, Virginie ; Wedding, Luke
Institutions:	School of Economics, University of Adelaide

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	School of Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2013-11 33 pages .
Classification:	C01 - Econometrics ; L83 - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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