Choking or Delivering Under Pressure? The Case of Elimination Games in NBA Playoffs

Neoclassical economic theories foretell that individuals exert the most effort, and consequently produce their best performances, when the net returns to effort are highest. We scanned through 33 NBA seasons and analyzed 1930 playoffs games in order to test this prediction. Analysis of win probabili...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elia Morgulev, Yair Galily
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
NBA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00979/full