Penalty Kicks in Soccer: an Alternative Methodology for Testing
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This paper uses the model proposed by Chiappori, Levitt and Groseclose (2002) to test for mixed-strategy Nash equilibria in a game between a kicker and a goalkeeper, in a situation of a soccer penalty kick. The main contribution of this paper is to develop an alternative testing methodology, based on the use of a simultaneous-equation regression approach that directly tests the equilibrium conditions. Using the same data than Chiappori, Levitt and Groseclose we find similar results than them, and we are also able to separately analyze the behavior of different types of players (classified according to the foot that they use to kick the ball, and to the strategies that they choose to mix). JEL Classification: C72 (non-cooperative games), L83 (sports), C35 (simultaneousequation discrete-regression models).
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