Wins Produced in Water Polo

Jill Harris and David J. Berri
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David J. Berri: Southern Utah University

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Economics of Aquatic Sports, 2020, pp 7-13 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Measuring the productivity of labor in sport is often a difficult task. How do we separate the production of a quarterback from his offensive linemen, for example? In water polo, the task is made simple. Water polo is a complex invasion sport like basketball. Thus, we model the offensive and defensive efficiency of teams (as in Berri, Manag Decision Econ, 20(8): 411–427, 1999) in order to determine the impact of individual player effort on wins. From these results, we estimate the team wins produced and predict wins from eight seasons of collegiate water polo.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52340-4_2

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