Point shaving: Corruption in NCAA college football?

Martin B. Schmidt () and Lee M. Stuck

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 105, issue 1, pages 90-92

Abstract: Several recent studies suggest the presence of point shaving in NCAA college basketball. While similar asymmetric incentives between athletes and gamblers exist, evidence for point shaving in college football does not appear to exist.

Keywords: Point; shaving; NCAA; football; Forecast; errors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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