Ladder tournaments and underdogs: Lessons from professional bowling

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-101

  Abrevaya, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot hand; Ladder tournament; Tournament structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542773511     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00171-8     Document Type: Article

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