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- Title
STRATEGIC OFFSETTING BEHAVIOR: EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEN'S BASKETBALL.
- Authors
McCANNON, BRYAN C.
- Abstract
Strategic offsetting behavior occurs when a policy is offset by an individual not targeted by the policy. By affecting the payoffs of the target the incentives of a strategic competitor are adjusted, which acts to mitigate the policy. Evidence is presented using data from National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball. For the 2008-2009 season, the three-point line was extended. This leads to not only a decrease in three-point shooting and scoring, but also a decrease in the percentage of two-point shots made. This evidence is consistent with defenses adjusting their focus away from the more difficult three-point shot, which strategically offset the policy. ( JEL K20, C72)
- Subjects
ECONOMIC competition; NATIONAL Collegiate Athletic Association; BASKETBALL shooting; BASKETBALL defense; SYMBOLISM; STRATEGIC planning; LABOR incentives
- Publication
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2011, Vol 29, Issue 4, p550
- ISSN
1074-3529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00243.x