Home advantage and the debate about competitive balance in professional sports leagues

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-445

  Forrest, David ^a   Beaumont, James ^b   Goddard, John ^c   Simmons, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Million 2 1 Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attendance; Competitive balance; Home advantage; Sports economics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; ECONOMICS; FOOTBALL; HOME; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; SKILL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 17844403511     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410400021641     Document Type: Article

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