Cultural Differences, Assimilation and Behavior: Player Nationality and Penalties in Football

De Luca, Giacomo; Schokkaert, Jeroen; Swinnen, Johan F. M.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1995462

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Cultural Differences, Assimilation and Behavior: Player Nationality and Penalties in Football

LICOS Discussion Paper No. 297/2011

36 Pages Posted: 30 Jan 2012 Last revised: 19 Sep 2012

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Giacomo De Luca

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Economics and Management, Students

Jeroen Schokkaert

KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB); LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance

Johan F. M. Swinnen

KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS); European Commission, DG II

Date Written: October 1, 2011

Abstract

We examine the impact of a different cultural background on individual behavior, focusing on penalties in football matches of southern European and northern European football players in the English Premier League. Southern European football players collect on average more football penalties than their British colleagues and northern European football players collect on average less football penalties than their British colleagues. The number of football penalties incurred by southern European players is initially higher but converges towards the local average the longer their experience in the English Premier League.

Keywords: Football Penalties, Cultural Differences, Assimilation, Migration

JEL Classification: J61, L83, Z10

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

De Luca, Giacomo and Schokkaert, Jeroen and Schokkaert, Jeroen and Swinnen, Johan F.M., Cultural Differences, Assimilation and Behavior: Player Nationality and Penalties in Football (October 1, 2011). LICOS Discussion Paper No. 297/2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1995462 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1995462