Submission Type
Event
Expected Graduation Date
2014
Location
Room E104, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
Start Date
4-12-2014 10:00 AM
End Date
4-12-2014 11:00 AM
Disciplines
Business
Abstract
What is the effect of home court advantage in the National Basketball Association (NBA)? Based on the Economic Theory of Professional Sports and the concept of shirking, teams should perform better at home than they do on the road. Descriptive statistics support this expectation. Therefore it is hypothesized that a home court advantage exists through the selected variables of attendance, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, fouls called by the referee, and days of rest. Following every NBA team and every game played over a three year span (2008-2011), this paper examines the probability of producing a win at home based on the aforementioned variables. Using a logit regression analysis, it is found that a home court advantage exists through attendance and performance-based variables, as well as through a referee bias.
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Estimating the Effect of Home Court Advantage on Wins in the NBA
Room E104, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
What is the effect of home court advantage in the National Basketball Association (NBA)? Based on the Economic Theory of Professional Sports and the concept of shirking, teams should perform better at home than they do on the road. Descriptive statistics support this expectation. Therefore it is hypothesized that a home court advantage exists through the selected variables of attendance, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, fouls called by the referee, and days of rest. Following every NBA team and every game played over a three year span (2008-2011), this paper examines the probability of producing a win at home based on the aforementioned variables. Using a logit regression analysis, it is found that a home court advantage exists through attendance and performance-based variables, as well as through a referee bias.