2 papers
econ.TH2025
Making Tennis Fairer: The Grand Tiebreaker
Steven J. Brams, Mehmet S. Ismail, D. Marc Kilgour
Tennis, like other games and sports, is governed by rules, including the rules that determine the winner of points, games, sets, and matches. If the two players are equally skilled…
econ.TH2023
Fairer Shootouts in Soccer: The Rule
Steven J. Brams, Mehmet S. Ismail, D. Marc Kilgour
Winning the coin toss at the end of a tied soccer game gives a team the right to choose whether to kick either first or second on all five rounds of penalty kicks, when each team i…