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In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

Drawing from Moskowitz''s original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships;  the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees'' tendencies in every sport to swallow the whistle, and more.

Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals:

   • Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in hig

Scorecasting

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      Publisher Random House USA Inc
      Published 1/17/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780307591807
      978-0307591807
      ISBN-10 0307591808
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      Sport: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

      Drawing from Moskowitz''s original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships;  the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees'' tendencies in every sport to swallow the whistle, and more.

      Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals:

         • Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in hig

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