The Effect of the Crowd on Home Bias: Evidence from NBA Games During the COVID-19 Pandemic

dc.citation.firstpage950en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber7en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Sports Economicsen_US
dc.citation.lastpage975en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber23en_US
dc.contributor.authorGong, Huaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-07T15:38:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-09-07T15:38:47Zen_US
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present study examines a specific type of referee biases, home bias, and analyzes how the presence of fans affects home bias by using NBA games played in empty arenas during the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020–2021 season and matches played before the pandemic from 2017 to 2020. This research also uses a unique data set from NBA Last Two Minute Reports to assess referees’ performance at the play level. The findings show crowd support does not cause referees to treat home and away teams differently in crucial situations during the NBA regular season, contrary to the results in most prior studies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGong, Hua. "The Effect of the Crowd on Home Bias: Evidence from NBA Games During the COVID-19 Pandemic." <i>Journal of Sports Economics,</i> 23, no. 7 (2022) Sage: 950-975. https://doi.org/10.1177/15270025211073337.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/15270025211073337en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113183en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.subject.keywordreferee biasen_US
dc.subject.keywordhome biasen_US
dc.subject.keywordCOVID-19en_US
dc.subject.keywordcrowd supporten_US
dc.titleThe Effect of the Crowd on Home Bias: Evidence from NBA Games During the COVID-19 Pandemicen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpublisher versionen_US
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