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Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League

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Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League

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Whether Video Assistant Referee (VAR) tempers finance‑driven home advantage is unclear. Using 1788 Turkish Super League matches (2017–18 pre‑VAR; five post‑VAR seasons excluding 2020–21), we estimate ordered logit models linking home outcomes to VAR, inflation-adjusted squad‑value gaps and interactions. A decomposition separates talent-linked and residual finance. With financial parity, VAR’s direct effect is negligible; for richer hosts, VAR progressively cuts the finance‑driven home edge, reducing their odds of a better result by over one‑third immediately and nearly one‑half by 2023–24. This attenuation operates almost entirely through the talent channel: net of observed ability, finance still raises home success but with diminishing returns. VAR thus partially equalizes, narrowing but not closing financially driven disparities. Sustained competitive balance requires pairing video review with revenue sharing or spending caps.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Squad Value, Referee Bias, Competitive Fairness, VAR, Sports Regulations.

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Yildirim, M., & Mammadova, F. (2025). Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 23(4), 604-623. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1813844
AMA
1.Yildirim M, Mammadova F. Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;23(4):604-623. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1813844
Chicago
Yildirim, Mustafa, ve Firuza Mammadova. 2025. “Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 (4): 604-23. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1813844.
EndNote
Yildirim M, Mammadova F (01 Aralık 2025) Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 4 604–623.
IEEE
[1]M. Yildirim ve F. Mammadova, “Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League”, Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 23, sy 4, ss. 604–623, Ara. 2025, doi: 10.18026/cbayarsos.1813844.
ISNAD
Yildirim, Mustafa - Mammadova, Firuza. “Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23/4 (01 Aralık 2025): 604-623. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1813844.
JAMA
1.Yildirim M, Mammadova F. Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2025;23:604–623.
MLA
Yildirim, Mustafa, ve Firuza Mammadova. “Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 23, sy 4, Aralık 2025, ss. 604-23, doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1813844.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Yildirim, Firuza Mammadova. Does VAR Mitigate Finance-Driven Home Advantage? Evidence From the Turkish Super League. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2025;23(4):604-23. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1813844