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Does a red shirt improve sporting performance? Evidence from Spanish football

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Pages 1001-1004 | Published online: 31 Jan 2011
 

Abstract

Recent research has linked red shirts to sporting success. In this article, we analyse the relationship between the colour red and sporting performance in the Spanish Professional Football League. Our foremost conclusion is that once the effect of the different endowments of resources and the ability of managers have been discounted, teams with red shirts do not show greater performance than teams wearing shirts of other colours.

Acknowledgements

Financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and FEDER (projects ECO2009-08824/ECON and ECO2008-05908-C02-02), as well as from the Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO/2009/098) is acknowledged. The usual disclaimer applies.

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