This book presents accounts of economic and psychological analyses
of association football (or "soccer" as it is popularly known in
the USA). As football is widely accepted to be the world's most
popular sport, the case for scientific investigation of its
characteristics is self-evident. As the contributions to this book
demonstrate, the game of football offers an ideal opportunity to
empirically investigate a wide range of broad issues, for example:
behavioural decision-making; judgmental forecasting; motivation;
game-theoretic models of strategic choice; competition and labour
markets. Are teams more likely to concede a goal after having just
scored? Does the team going first in a penalty shoot-out have an
advantage? Should goal-keepers dive or stay put for penalty kicks?
Do referees make decisions consistently? Why do fans like their
teams? What factors influence the career of footballers? How well
can experts predict football matches? How accurate are prediction
markets? How does the stock-market react to match outcomes? These
questions and others are addressed in this book. A particular focus
is the investigation of popular conceptions-and
misconceptions-about football. Of interest to psychologists,
behavioural economists and football enthusiasts with an analytic
approach to understanding the game, this book brings together
contributions from a range of academic disciplines and will
stimulate further research into football and the intriguing
insights into behaviour it offers. See feature article in The
Independent, October 8th,
2008:http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/fact-or-fiction-form-in-football-954440.html
Listen to interview with Patric Andersson on Swedish National
Radiohttp://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/P1/program/index.asp?ProgramID=1302Read
Chris Charles's blog on BBC
website:http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrischarles/2008/10/lies_damned_lies_and_statictic.html
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