Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Mengel Friederike 
Author-workplace-name: METEOR
Title: Never change a winning team: The effect of substitutions on success in football tournaments
Abstract: We identify a strong and significant negative effect of substitutions in (irrelevant) early games in worldcup and olympic football tournaments on performance in later rounds. We argue that this effect is due to the psychological consequences of such a decision and evaluate alternative possible explanations.
Keywords: Economics (Jel: A)
Series: Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 2009
Number: 027
File-URL: http://arnop.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=15462
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 392717
Handle: RePEc:unm:umamet:2009027