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Bc. Martin Both

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The impact of losing on effort to catch up: a laboratory experiment

The impact of losing on effort to catch up: a laboratory experiment
Abstract:
Táto práca je založená na štúdii Berger a Pope (2011), ktorá zistila diskontinuitu predpovedanej šance na víťazstvo domácich tímov, ktoré prehrajú o jediný bod v polčase v dvoch basketbalových ligách, NBA a NCAA. Svoje zistenia dodatočne potvrdili laboratórnym experimentom, v ktorom zistili vyšší nárast úsilia pre mierne prehrávajúcich hráčov. Zreplikovali sem pôvodný laboratórny dizajn, ale tiež sme …more
Abstract:
This work is based on Berger and Pope (2011) which finds a discontinuity of predicted winning chance for home teams losing by a single point at half-time in two basketball leagues of NBA and NCAA. They additionally confirm their findings by a laboratory experiment, in which they find a higher increase in effort for slightly losing players. We recreate the original lab design but also propose a modified …more
 

Keywords

Economic experiment tournament effort ekonomický experiment turnaj úsilie
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 8. 1. 2021
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/ya382/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 3. 2. 2021
  • Supervisor: doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D.

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Faculty of Economics and Administration

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Economics / Economics

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