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2010 Research Paper Agenda

9:00 - 9:35AM

RESEARCH PAPER CONTEST FINALIST: "Novel Approach To Fantasy Basketball Management"

Zach Samuels and Paul Raff

Location: Room 207

9:45 - 10:20AM

RESEARCH PAPER CONTEST FINALIST: "The Price Of Anarchy In Basketball"

Brian Skinner

Location: Room 207

10:40 - 11:15AM

RESEARCH PAPER CONTEST FINALIST: "Beyond Pythagorean Expectation: How Run Distributions Affect Win Percentage"

Kerry Whisnant

Location: Room 207

11:25 - 12:00PM

RESEARCH PAPER CONTEST FINALIST: "Improved NBA Adjusted +/- Using Regularization and Out-of-Sample Testing"

Joe Sill

Location: Room 207

12:10 - 12:50PM

"The Value of a Blocked Shot in the NBA: From Dwight Howard to Tim Duncan"

John Huizinga

Location: Room 206AB

1:00 - 1:10PM

RESEARCH PAPER CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Presented by Jessica Gelman and Daryl Morey

Location: Room 210ABC

2:40 - 3:10PM

"Professionals Do Not Play Minimaxx"

Ken Kovash

Location: Room 207

3:20 - 3:50PM

"Renegotiation Design: Evidence from NFL Roster Bonuses"

Gregor Matvos

Location: Room 207

4:00 - 4:30PM

"Tax Issues With Sports Ownership"

Joe McNulty

Location: Room 207

4:40 - 5:10PM

"Putts-Gained Per Round"

Douglas Fearing, Jason Acimovic, and Stephen Graves

Location: Room 207

5:20 - 5:50PM

"Whistle Swallowing: Officiating and the Omission Bias"

Tobias Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim

Location: Room 207


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