The shape of success: estimating contest success functions in sports

In this note I estimate and compare Tullock- and Hirshleifer-style contest success functions (CSFs) using data from the 4 major American sports leagues. I ?nd that Tullock CSFs based on relative efforts fit the data better than Hirshleifer CSFs based on absolute effort differences.

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Year of publication:	2011-03
Authors:	Peeters, Thomas
Institutions:	International Association of Sport Economists - IASE ; North American Association of Sports Economists - NAASE
Subject:	contests \| contest success functions \| sports

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 1108 11 pages
Classification:	C72 - Noncooperative Games ; L83 - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism ; C35 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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