This Article Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 1527002507303772v1 9/1/96    most recent References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Sanders, S. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

A Constructive Comment on "Rematches in Boxing and Other Sporting Events"

Auburn University, Montgomery

In the following note, I derive part of the boxing contest model developed by Amegashie and Kutsoati (2005), correct an error in its solution, and show that their main result may extend to a larger set of boxing contests. Specifically, there may well be a class of boxing matches in which two competitors will put forth greater aggregate efforts in response to a greater likelihood of a rematch, regardless of the degree to which their abilities differ. The revised solution is constructive in the sense that it builds upon the main result of Amegashie and Kutsoati.

Key Words: boxing • contests • current effort • mandatory rematch clause • probability of rematch

This version was published on February 1, 2008

Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, 96-99 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1527002507303772


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?