Referees in Sports Contests

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Cedric Duvinage

   Pages 1-6

3. Literature Review

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   Pages 7-15

4. The Ancient History of Sports Referees

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   Pages 17-21

5. The Role of Referees in Sports Contests

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   Pages 23-54

6. The German Criminal Law on Sports Corruption

   • Cedric Duvinage

   Pages 55-71

7. Incentives for Sports Corruption

   • Cedric Duvinage

   Pages 73-96

8. Anti-Corruption Policy Suggestions

   • Cedric Duvinage

   Pages 97-115

9. Conclusion

   • Cedric Duvinage

   Pages 117-123

10. Back Matter

    Pages 125-161

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The constantly growing number of arising referee corruption cases as well as their damage to the integrity of the sports society raises the question of why sports associations started availing themselves of referees as an instrument of contest design in the first place? Cedric Duvinage shows that economic theory allows to develop a deeper understanding of the role of a referee in a contest as well as of the danger of sports corruption by considering a referee’s influence on the competitors’ strategies in a contest. These insights provide the basis for efficient anti-corruption policies as well as their urgent implementation resulting from the current legal ambiguity regarding the prosecution of sports corruption in Germany.

• Contest
• Corruption
• Criminal Law
• Referee
• Sports

Dr. Cedric Duvinage received his doctor’s degree from the WHU Otto-Beisheim School of Management in business administration at the chair of Prof. Dr. Peter-J. Jost. He has now specialized in building startup companies with the goal to combine the old and the new economy.

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