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How to Divide the Possession of a Football?

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  • Che, Yeon-Koo
  • Hendershott, Terrence

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The current National Football League overtime rule favors the team starting on offense. Auctioning off or dividing-and-choosing the starting possession can potentially restore ex post fairness. We find auctions to provide a better outcome when teams have asymmetric information.

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  • Che, Yeon-Koo & Hendershott, Terrence, 2006. "How to Divide the Possession of a Football?," MPRA Paper 6103, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    5. Brown, Alexander L. & Velez, Rodrigo A., 2016. "The costs and benefits of symmetry in common-ownership allocation problems," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 115-131.
    6. Jianpei Li & Yi Xue & Weixing Wu, 2013. "Partnership dissolution and proprietary information," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 40(2), pages 495-527, February.
    7. Brams, Steven J. & Ismail, Mehmet S., 2016. "Making the Rules of Sports Fairer," MPRA Paper 69714, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Kurt Rotthoff, 2012. "Bankruptcy behavior in the NFL: does the overtime structure change the strategy of the game?," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 36(3), pages 662-674, July.
    9. Yeon-Koo Che & Erin Cho, 2011. "Brave New World of Market Design," Korean Economic Review, Korean Economic Association, vol. 27, pages 33-56.

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    JEL classification:

    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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