JUDGING UNDER PUBLIC PRESSURE

Alma Cohen; Zvika Neeman; Florian Auferoth

doi:https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01141

JUDGING UNDER PUBLIC PRESSURE

Alma Cohen, Zvika Neeman, Florian Auferoth

School of Economics

Tel Aviv University

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We study the circumstances under which public pressure affects judging. We show that crowd pressure biases decisions in favor of the crowd for “subjective decisions” with respect to which the judge has more discretion but not for “objective decisions.” The bias is strengthened after a judge’s error against the crowd and when errors are costlier to the crowd. We use data about referees’ decisions and errors from the Bundesliga. We exploit three regimes where, due to the introduction of Video Assistance Refereeing (VAR) and COVID-19, both crowd pressure and the likelihood of errors vary.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	151-166
Number of pages	16
Journal	Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume	106
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01141
State	Published - Jan 2024

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Economics and Econometrics

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