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The Efficiency of the NASCAR Reward System

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  • Craig A. Depken II
  • Dennis P. Wilson

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

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This article reports empirical tests of the hypotheses developed by Peter von Allmen regarding the inefficiency of a nonlinear reward system in NASCAR. Using season level data from 1949 through 2001, we find that there is less than a one-to-one relationship between the concentration of performance and the concentration of dollar rewards, offering support for von Allmen’s sabotage hypothesis. Granger causality tests indicate that performance-points concentration does not Granger cause winnings concentration, and vice versa. This detracts from von Allmen’s cost hypothesis, although not necessarily from his intuition regarding the hypothesis’s validity.

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  • Craig A. Depken II & Dennis P. Wilson, 2004. "The Efficiency of the NASCAR Reward System," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 5(4), pages 371-386, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jospec:v:5:y:2004:i:4:p:371-386
    DOI: 10.1177/1527002503260559
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