Che, Yeon-Koo and Hendershott, Terrence (2006): How to Divide the Possession of a Football? Published in: Economics Letters
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Abstract
The current National Football League overtime rule favors the team starting on offense. Auctioning off or dividing-and-choosing the starting possession can potentially restore ex post fairness. We find auctions to provide a better outcome when teams have asymmetric information.
| Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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| Original Title: | How to Divide the Possession of a Football? |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty |
| Item ID: | 6103 |
| Depositing User: | Yeon-Koo Che |
| Date Deposited: | 05. Dec 2007 00:12 |
| Last Modified: | 13. Feb 2013 09:54 |
| URI: | http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/6103 |
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