Dynamic Effort, Sustainability, Myopia, and 110% Effort

Shmanske Stephen
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Shmanske Stephen: California State University, East Bay

Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2011, vol. 7, issue 2, 19

Abstract: By definition, giving 100 percent effort all of the time is sustainable, but begs the question of how to define 100 percent effort. As a corollary, once a benchmark for defining 100 percent effort is chosen, it may be possible, even optimal, to give a greater amount of effort for a short period of time, while recognizing that this level of effort is not sustainable. This dynamic effort provision problem is analyzed in the context of effort and performance by National Basketball Association (NBA) players over the course of a season. Within this context, several benchmarks for sustainable effort are considered, but these are rejected by the data. Meanwhile, the data are consistent with the proposition that NBA players put forth optimal effort, even if such effort is not always sustainable.

Keywords: sports economics; effort; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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