Disequilibrium Play in Tennis.
Do the world's best tennis pros play Nash equilibrium mixed strategies? We answer this question using data on serve-direction choices (to the receiver's left, right, or body) from the Match Charting Project. Using a new approach, we test and reject a key implication of a mixed-strategy Nash equilibr...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Political Economy Vol. 133; no. 1; pp. 190 - 252 |
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University of Chicago Press
Jan2025
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