American baseball fans do not influence game outcomes

The paper examines U. S. Major League Baseball (MLB) data to evaluate home-field advantage and the relationship between fan attendance and game outcomes. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans were not allowed in stadiums during the 2020 MLB regular season. The results indicate the absence of fans did not statistically alter home-field advantage when controlling for quality of play.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:sport games
Tagging:Heimvorteil Coronavirus Pandemie
Published in:Economics Bulletin
Language:English
Published: 2021
Online Access:https://ideas.repec.org/a/ebl/ecbull/eb-21-00057.html
Volume:42
Issue:2
Pages:741-750
Document types:article
Level:advanced