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Home›Category: "gambling" (Page 2)

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  • The Production Value of Brett Favre

    gambling, marginal revenue product, NFL
    August 14, 2008
    by Skip Sauer
    Former students Andy Weinbach (now teaching at Coastal Carolina) and Mark Wilson (St. Bonaventure) were discussing this with me. Their assessment, derived from market prices: pretty small. Here's their take: ...
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  • Pete Rose's Bets: How Smart?

    gambling, MLB
    April 12, 2008
    by Skip Sauer
    Most readers will recall that Pete Rose has been banned from baseball for betting on the game. Rutgers Professor Douglas Coate does the sums on the bets listed in the ...
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  • Anomalies: Super Bowl Coin Toss Betting

    gambling, NFL
    February 4, 2008
    by Brad Humphreys
    In terms of betting, the Super Bowl is one of the most popular events in the world. Sports books, as well as trading markets like TradeSports that operate like betting ...
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  • Paying Them What They Are Worth Improves the Integrity of Games

    gambling, monopsony, point shaving
    March 24, 2007
    by Phil Miller
    Stef Szymanski argues below that monopsonistic exploitation via international competition is a primary driving force behind the fixing of international matches. We don't hear much about players throwing games/shaving points ...
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