We examine the effect of the sending-off of a player on the goal-scoring rates in FIFA World Cup matches in tournaments …

macroeconomic outcomes. A key empirical question is how such collectively held beliefs are formed. We use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as …

We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of … on all the matches played by national teams in all the tournaments of the FIFA Soccer World Cup (from 1930 to 2010) and … the UEFA European Football Championship (from 1960 to 2012). We relate team performance (in terms of points gained and …

important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full 'A' international matches of six … Championship and World Cup and the matches at the final tournaments of these two events, the Copa America and the Confederations …

football teams. We hypothesize that the risk of violence is affected by the 'gain-loss' utility of game outcomes around a … professional football season. Controlling for the pre-game point spread and the size of the local viewing audience, we find that …

leaders and organisational performance. Using game-by-game linked employer-employee data for professional football in four …

In this paper I explore the flexibility of the work week in the United States, using the FIFA Soccer World Cup as a … natural experiment. My empirical strategy exploits the exogenous variation that arises due to which country hosts the World … timing of the World Cup allows me to compare labor market outcomes in June/July for a worker in World Cup year t, with the …