Sacheti, A., Gregory-Smith, I. and Patón, D. (2015) Home bias in officiating: Evidence from international cricket. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 178 (3). pp. 741-755. ISSN 0964-1998
Abstract
We use data on leg before wicket decisions from 1000 test cricket matches to quantify the systematic bias by officials (umpires) to favour home teams. We exploit recent changes in the regulation of test cricket as a series of natural experiments to help to identify whether social pressure from crowds has a causal effect on home bias. Using negative binomial regressions, we find that home umpires favour home teams and that this effect is more pronounced in the later stages of matches.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Royal Statistical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2015 17:40 |
Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2015 03:49 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12086 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/rssa.12086 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86816 |