Twelve eyes see more than eight. Referee bias and the introduction of additional assistant referees in soccer

Andrea Albanese; Stijn Baert; Olivier Verstraeten

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227758

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Twelve eyes see more than eight. Referee bias and the introduction of additional assistant referees in soccer

Andrea Albanese,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch-sur-Alzette/Belval, Luxembourg, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, IZA, Bonn, Germany, GLO, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Stijn Baert ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Stijn.Baert@UGent.be

Affiliations Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, IZA, Bonn, Germany, GLO, Maastricht, Netherlands, Research Foundation–Flanders, Brussels, Belgium, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium, IMISCOE, Rotterdam, Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1660-5165

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Olivier Verstraeten

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Twelve eyes see more than eight. Referee bias and the introduction of additional assistant referees in soccer

Andrea Albanese,
Stijn Baert,
Olivier Verstraeten

Published: February 26, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227758

About the Authors

Andrea Albanese

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch-sur-Alzette/Belval, Luxembourg, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, IZA, Bonn, Germany, GLO, Maastricht, Netherlands

Stijn Baert

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Stijn.Baert@UGent.be

Affiliations Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, IZA, Bonn, Germany, GLO, Maastricht, Netherlands, Research Foundation–Flanders, Brussels, Belgium, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium, IMISCOE, Rotterdam, Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1660-5165

Olivier Verstraeten

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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