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Author: Tobias J. Moskowitz
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0307591794

Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Get Scorecasting diet books 2013 for free.
Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships;A the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key Check Scorecasting our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships;A the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key

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