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Peaking at the right time: Perceptions, expectations, and effects
Murtha, Brian R. - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 120 (2013) 1, pp. 62-72
We explore the concept of peaking at the right time. Study 1 is a content analysis of 325 National Football League … articles identifying four key triggers that prompt proclamations of peaking at the right time: turnarounds, impressive prior … of peaking at the right time, anticipated performance, and expectations faced. However, nuanced differences occur across …
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Time as a determinant for National Health Insurance Scheme Subscriber Health Care Utilization.
Mavis, Aggrey; Frank, Opuni Frimpong; Bernard, Dr. Nkum - In: Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS) 3 (2014) 3, pp. 399-407
The Time patients spent in the utilization of health care services could be a fundamental factor that determines … clients’ perception about the number of minutes spent in accessing health care other than non-card bearers. …
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The Gambler's Fallacy and Gender
Suetens, Sigrid; Tyran, J.R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
players over time which allows us to investigate how men and women react with their number picking to outcomes of recent lotto …
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Exchangeability and the law of maturity
Bonassi, Fernando; Stern, Rafael; Peixoto, Cláudia; … - In: Theory and Decision 78 (2015) 4, pp. 603-615
The law of maturity is the belief that less-observed events are becoming mature and, therefore, more likely to occur in the future. Previous studies have shown that the assumption of infinite exchangeability contradicts the law of maturity. In particular, it has been shown that infinite...
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Hot Hand and Gambler's Fallacy in Teams: Evidence from Investment Experiments
Stöckl, Thomas; Huber, Jürgen; Kirchler, Michael; … - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2013
In laboratory experiments we explore the effects of communication and group decision making on investment behavior and on subjects’ proneness to behavioral biases. Most importantly, we show that communication and group decision making does not impact subjects’ overall proneness to biases...
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What Numbers to Choose for My Lottery Ticket? Behavior Anomalies in the Chinese Online Lottery Market
Ding, Jieyao - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2011
over time within a round. This was unlikely before the phenomenon of online betting. The result demonstrates that later …
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Predicting Lotto Numbers
Jørgensen, Claus Bjørn; Suetens, Sigrid; Tyran, … - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2011
individual players over time, we can measure how they react to outcomes of recent lotto drawings. We can therefore test whether …
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The hot hand belief and the gambler’s fallacy in investment decisions under risk
Huber, Jürgen; Kirchler, Michael; Stöckl, Thomas - In: Theory and Decision 68 (2010) 4, pp. 445-462
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The Belief in the "Hot Hand" in the NFL: Evidence from Betting Volume Data
Paul, Rodney Joseph; Weinbach, Andrew; Humphreys, Brad - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - 2011
Evidence of bettors’ belief in the “Hot Hand” -- bettors believing teams on winning streaks will continue winning -- exists in the NBA but not the NFL. Previous research assumed that book makers set point spreads to balance betting on games. Recent research shows imbalanced betting in most...
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“Hot Hand” in the National Basketball Association Point Spread Betting Market: A 34-Year Analysis
Waggoner, Benjamin; Wines, Daniel; Soebbing, Brian P.; … - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 2 (2014) 4, pp. 359-370
, for smaller durations of time. This study examines these effects for 34 regular seasons in the National Basketball …
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