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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Grund, Christian | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Höcker, Jan | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Zimmermann, Stefan | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-08-11T09:04:42Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2010-08-11T09:04:42Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2010 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/37372 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | We empirically explore the relevance of risk taking behavior in tournaments. We make use of data from the NBA season 2007/2008 and measure risk taking by the fraction of three-point shots. Current heterogeneity of teams is taken into account by intermediate results. It turns out that indeed teams who are behind increase the risk in terms of more three-point attempts. We additionally analyze the consequences of this change in behavior. Enhanced risk taking is inefficient for the vast majority of cases and only beneficial in terms of a higher winning probability if a team is behind with a rather large amount of points. We discuss possible explanations for these decision errors. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Verein für Socialpolitik Frankfurt a. M. | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Formation and Performance of Teams F12-V4 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | M50 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | M52 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | M12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Basketball | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | NBA | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Risk taking | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Tournaments | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Risk Taking Behavior in Tournaments - Evidence from the NBA | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Conference Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 654915776 | | - |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010 (Kiel): Ökonomie der Familie
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