Essays about: "Hot hand fallacy"

Found 3 essays containing the words Hot hand fallacy.

  1. 1. He's on Fire? Strategic Decisions and Allocation Adjustments Under the Hot Hand Fallacy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : William Möllestam; [2022]
    Keywords : Hot hand fallacy; law of small numbers; sequential decision making; selection bias; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper empirically explores 10 years of play-by-play data from the seasons 2011-2021 from National Basketball Association with a comprehensive dataset with 2.7 million shots to test for a hot hand, (i.e., predictability in future outcomes) using three separate models. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Gambler’s Fallacy and Decision Fatigue in Decision-Making : A Study on Driving License Examiners

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Faton Lushaku; Tobias Lahtinen; [2019]
    Keywords : The gambler s fallacy; the hot hand fallacy; decision fatigue; trafikverket; status quo; heuristic;

    Abstract : People make hundreds of decisions every day, at home, at school or at work and that requires mental efforts, which in turn can be depleting. Previous research in behavioral economics has shown that people are not always rational in their decision-making and the decisions they make are not solely based on the case merits or the decision makers' competence. READ MORE

  4. 3. the impact of the past: autocorrelation in swedish asylum decision making

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Théodore Montel; Natalie Stenvall; [2017]
    Keywords : swedish migration agency; autocorrelation; decisions; decision-making;

    Abstract : In a previous study, negative autocorrelation was found on asylum decisions taken by asylum judges in the U.S. This paper aims to investigate if decisions on asylum applications made by decision-makers at the Swedish migration agency are autocorrelated, suggesting that decisions are not solely based on case merits. READ MORE