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Home bias in officiating: evidence from international cricket (2014)
Journal Article

We use data on leg before wicket decisions from 1000 test cricket matches to quantify the systematic bias by officials (umpires) to favour home teams. We exploit recent changes in the regulation of test cricket as a series of natural experiments to h... Read More about Home bias in officiating: evidence from international cricket.

Uncertainty of outcome or strengths of teams: an economic analysis of attendance demand for international cricket (2014)
Journal Article

A significant body of theoretical literature has argued that popular interest in sporting contests between teams is heavily influenced by how difficult it is to predict the result ex-ante. Empirical research has, however, been unable to reach a conse... Read More about Uncertainty of outcome or strengths of teams: an economic analysis of attendance demand for international cricket.

Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket (2014)
Journal Article

We consider managerial decision making by examining the impact of decisions taken by cricket captains on Twenty20 International (T20I) match outcomes. In particular, we examine whether pressure from external commentators is associated with suboptimal... Read More about Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket.