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Measurement error and the hot hand

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Stone, Daniel F.

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This paper shows the first autocorrelation of basketball shot results is a highly biased and inconsistent estimator of the first autocorrelation of the ex ante probabilities the shots are made. Shot result autocorrelation is close to zero even when shot probability autocorrelation is close to one. The bias is caused...

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Measurement error and the hot hand Daniel F. Stone∗ Oregon State University February 2012 Abstract This
Media Proliferation and Partisan Selective Exposure

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Chan, Jimmy and Stone, Daniel F.

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The number of Internet news media outlets has skyrocketed in recent years. We analyze the effects of media proliferation on electoral outcomes assuming voters may choose news that is too partisan, from an informational perspective, i.e. engage in partisan selective exposure. We find that if voters who prefer highly partisan...

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Exposure∗ Jimmy Chan† Daniel F. Stone‡ December 2011 Forthcoming, Public Choice Abstract The number
Sub-Perfect Game: Profitable Biases of NBA Referees

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Price, Joseph, Remer, Marc, and Stone, Daniel F.

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This paper empirically investigates three hypotheses regarding biases of National Basketball Association (NBA) referees. Using a sample of 28,388 quarter-level observations from six seasons, we find that referees make calls that favor home teams, teams losing during games, and teams losing in playoff series. All three biases are likely to...

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