Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5060656 | Economics Letters | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper we study how pressure affects individual's behavior. For this purpose we use sports data, where the attendance is a proxy for pressure, to investigate if the number of fans in the stadium affects the performance of the players. We overcome the reverse causality problem by proposing an instrument variable: a promotion in Brazil during which low cost tickets were assigned to random soccer matches. In contrast to previous literature, our results suggest that pressure does not significantly affect players' behavior.
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Authors
Breno Braga, Diogo Guillén,