Home-Field Effect and Team Performance: Evidence From English Premiership Football

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 264-281

  Carmichael, Fiona ^a   Thomas, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

association football; home field effect; production functions; team sports; within match performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990395157     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002504266154     Document Type: Article

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