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Should more teams “trust the process” of tanking?

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract In many professional sport leagues, the worst‐performing teams receive higher probability of earning top draft picks. This provides teams incentives to purposefully lose, or “tank,” if they are not likely to contend for the playoffs or championships.
Eduardo G. Minuci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Red‐light flashing pens and seizures in children

open access: yesDevelopmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Guidelines exist to limit seizure‐provoking visual stimuli. However, existing recommendations are not universally applied, and poorly regulated flickering lights are easily encountered in consumer products. Two girls experienced prolonged absence seizures triggered by a red‐light flickering pen.
Simone Gasparini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why is competition in the European football market failing, and what should be done about it?

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract The European football (soccer) market increasingly funnels rents to superstar players and intermediaries while weakening competitive balance. We trace this dynamic to two forces: (a) technological innovation that globalised broadcasting and magnified superstar returns, and (b) legal rulings boosting player mobility and causing bidding wars ...
Magnus Henrekson, Lars Persson
wiley   +1 more source

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