David Berri

Stumbling On Wins in Basketball

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Like what you've read? Get more in Stumbling On Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports (9780132357784) by David J. Berri and Martin B. Schmidt. Available in print and digital formats. In basketball, spending explains less than 10% of the variation in wins. Discover what explains the other 90%! In basketball, success takes more than money. From 1997-98 to 2003-04, the Knicks finished either first or second in payroll-and won only six more games than they lost. Their averageness led them to hire Isiah Thomas. Few people knew more about basketball. Thomas's path to disaster began with his first… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Schmidt, Martin

ISBN: 978-0-13-211919-1
EAN: 9780132119191
Produktnummer: 31714133
Verlag: Pearson ITP
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 64 S.
Plattform: PDF
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

David Berri is associate professor of economics at Southern Utah University. He has written extensively on sports economics for academic journals, newspapers, and magazines, including The New York Times. Martin B. Schmidt is a professor of economics at the College of William and Mary, specializes in sports economics and macroeconomics. His writing has appeared in the field's leading academic and general interest journals. Berri and Schmidt co-authored The Wages of Wins, and maintain a popular blog that discusses the economics of sports decision-making.