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STRATEGIC OFFSETTING BEHAVIOR: EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEN'S BASKETBALL
Author(s) -
McCAN BRYAN C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00243.x
Subject(s) - basketball , incentive , association (psychology) , offset (computer science) , point (geometry) , economics , demographic economics , public economics , advertising , marketing , business , psychology , microeconomics , computer science , geography , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , programming language , psychotherapist
Strategic offsetting behavior occurs when a policy is offset by an individual not targeted by the policy. By affecting the payoffs of the target the incentives of a strategic competitor are adjusted, which acts to mitigate the policy. Evidence is presented using data from National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball. For the 2008–2009 season, the three‐point line was extended. This leads to not only a decrease in three‐point shooting and scoring, but also a decrease in the percentage of two‐point shots made. This evidence is consistent with defenses adjusting their focus away from the more difficult three‐point shot, which strategically offset the policy. ( JEL K20, C72)