Dynamic Effort, Sustainability, Myopia, and 110% Effort

Stephen Shmanske ()
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Stephen Shmanske: Department of Economics, California State University, East Bay

No 1005, Working Papers from International Association of Sports Economists, North American Association of Sports Economists

Abstract: By definition, giving 100% effort all of the time is sustainable, but begs the question of how to define 100% effort. As a corollary, once a benchmark for defining 100% 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; NBA; effort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2010-10
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