TY  - JOUR
EP  - 149
PB  - Sage
VL  - 15
SN  - 1527-0025
A1  - Deck, Alan
A1  - Deck, Cary
A1  - Zhu, Zhen
SP  - 132
Y1  - 2014/04//
TI  - Decision making in a sequential game: the case of pitting in NASCAR
ID  - eprints1908
AV  - none
N2  - This article uses data from NASCAR to examine strategic decision making with professional players and high stakes. The authors look at driver decisions to pit, enabling car performance to be improved at the cost of track position. Unlike other sports choices that have been used to test game-theoretic play, pitting decisions occur sequentially. Therefore, optimal decision making should result in the sub-game perfect equilibrium outcome. After estimating the likelihood of successfully passing another driver, the authors find some evidence that drivers make optimal decisions; however, driver behavior is also consistent with a simple heuristic of following the preceding car.
JF  - Journal of Sports Economics
IS  - 2
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527002512443828
ER  -