Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: Most people who watch basketball believe \nin the "hot hand": Players who make a shot \nare more likely to hit the next shot than \nplayers who miss a shot (i.e., shots are positively \nautocorrelated rather than independent). \nAlmost everyone in the sample studied \nby Thomas Gilovich, Robert Vallone, \nand Amos Tversky (1985), including several \nsuccessful professionals, believed in the hot \nhand.
Author: Colin F. Camerer
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1757961761