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Prize and Risk-Taking Strategy in Tournaments : Evidence from Professional Poker Players

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dc.creator Lee, Jungmin
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:11:27Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:11:27Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20615
dc.identifier ppn:474407659
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20615
dc.description This study examines whether people optimally respond to prize incentives for risk taking in tournaments. I exploit the television game show World Poker Tour as a natural experiment. The results show that professional players strategically choose the degree of risk taking depending on the incentives implied by the prize structure they face. I find that they are more sensitive to losses than to gains.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1345
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject M5
dc.subject D8
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject risk
dc.subject tournament
dc.subject poker
dc.subject Risikopräferenz
dc.subject Glücksspiel
dc.subject Wettbewerb
dc.subject Preis
dc.subject Ökonomischer Anreiz
dc.subject Experiment
dc.title Prize and Risk-Taking Strategy in Tournaments : Evidence from Professional Poker Players
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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