The loser's curse: Decision making and market efficiency in the National Football League draft

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1479-1495

  Massey, Cade ^a   Thaler, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Efficient market hypothesis; Judgment under uncertainty; Organizational studies; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; EFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS; JUDGMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; OVERCONFIDENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH; RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH; SPORTS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84880370066     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1657     Document Type: Article

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