Essays about: "soccer"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 104 essays containing the word soccer.

  1. 6. Employment Effects of the FIFA World Cup on Host Nations : An Event Study

    University essay from Jönköping University

    Author : Felix Wettborg; [2022]
    Keywords : Econometrics; Mega Sports Events; Event Economics; Difference-In-Difference; Employment; Two-Ways Fixed Effects Difference-in-Difference; Event Study; Staggered Adoption; World Cup; Soccer; FIFA;

    Abstract : The employment effect of hosting the FIFA world cup has been researched multiple times with city, municipality, or state data using a variety of methods. Arguably, the Difference-In-Difference (DID) method, first used by Hotchkiss et al. READ MORE

  3. 7. Avatar Playing Style : From analysis of football data to recognizable playing styles

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknik

    Author : Jakob Edberger Persson; Emil Danielsson; [2022]
    Keywords : data; football analytics; ai; ml; football; sports; pca; clustering; python; sports analytics; data analytics; soccer analytics; playing style; data analysis;

    Abstract : Football analytics is a rapid growing area which utilizes conventional data analysis and computational methods on gathered data from football matches. The results emerging out of this can give insights of performance levels when it comes to individual football players, different teams and clubs. READ MORE

  4. 8. The power of momentum: An analysis of momentum extremes within sports betting

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Carl Hellman; [2022]
    Keywords : Behavioral finance; Financial markets; Asset pricing; Cognitive bias; misreaction;

    Abstract : In this paper I examine 20862 betting contracts within the sport of soccer for the last decade within 5 major leagues. I perform tests of pricing anomalies for different instances of momentum by using sports betting as a laboratory environment. I find evidence of overreaction within the general price movements and for standard momentum portfolios. READ MORE

  5. 9. Neurodevelopmental disorders and team sports : Conditions for including children and youths with neurodevelopmental disorders in team sports in Sweden

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Linda Breitkreuz Chauvet; [2022]
    Keywords : Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD ; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD ; Tourette Disorder TD ; Developmental Language Disorder DLD ; team sports; inclusion;

    Abstract : Background: Children and youths with neurodevelopmental disorders are less physically active and have inferior physical fitness levels than their typically developed peers. Organized activities, especially team sports, can be challenging to this group due to common socio-behavioral, linguistic, and personality characteristics and limitations in motor proficiency. READ MORE

  6. 10. Age of Peak Performance among Swedish Football Players

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statistik och maskininlärning

    Author : Rasmus Säfvenberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Age-performance relationship; aging curve; peak age; optimal age; football; soccer; key performance indicators;

    Abstract : Within sports, the relationship between performance and age is deeply intertwined and is of interest to various roles within the sport. Despite its status as one of the largest sports in the world, there is a limited amount of previous work in the context of football and the leagues investigated has emphasized the highest ranked leagues. READ MORE