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Implicit Biases in Refereeing: Lessons from NBA Referees
Konstantinos Pelechrinis
Implicit biases occur automatically and unintentionally and are particularly present when we have to make split second decisions. One such situations appears in refereeing, where r…
Excess demand in public transportation systems: The case of Pittsburgh's Port Authority
Tianfang Ma, Robizon Khubulashvili, Sera Linardi +1
"An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it's where even the rich use public transportation". This is what Enrique Penalosa, the celebrated ex-may…
Spotting Anomalous Trades in NFT Markets: The Case of NBA Topshot
Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Xin Liu, Prashant Krishnamurthy +1
Non-Fungible Token (NFT) markets are one of the fastest growing digital markets today, with the sales during the third quarter of 2021 exceeding $10 billions! Nevertheless, these e…
The Anatomy of Corner 3s in the NBA: What makes them efficient, how are they generated and how can defenses respond?
Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Kirk Goldsberry
Modern basketball is all about creating efficient shots, that is, shots with high payoff. This is not necessarily equivalent to creating looks with the highest probability of succe…
Effectiveness and Compliance to Social Distancing During COVID-19
Kristi Bushman, Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Alexandros Labrinidis
In the absence of pharmaceutical interventions to curb the spread of COVID-19, countries relied on a number of nonpharmaceutical interventions to fight the first wave of the pandem…
The Hot Hand in Actual Game Situations
Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Wayne Winston
Streaks of success have always fascinated people and a lot of research has been conducted to identify whether the "hot hand" effect is real. While sports have provided an appropria…