It's Just Not Cricket: The Uncontested Toss and the Gentleman's Game
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Keywords
Home advantage; First-mover advantage; Decision making under uncertainty; Coin toss; County Championship; First-class cricket;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
- Z22 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Labor Issues
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2020-06-08 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SPO-2020-06-08 (Sports & Economics)
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