Balance in competition in Dutch soccer

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-431

  Koning, Ruud H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance in competition; Home advantage; Ordered probit model; Professional soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000384906     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00244     Document Type: Article

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