Decoding Economics: Do umpires play with a straight bat?

Manas Chakravarty • May 29, 2024 / 08:58 IST

Did the temporary introduction of home umpires in international test matches during the pandemic lead to a bias in favour of home teams? A research paper from the IZA Institute of Labour Economics comes to some surprising conclusions

The paper says that judgments and decisions are often biased in favour of one’s national and social identity. (Representational image)

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