1. THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF LOCAL DEMAND Open Access Author: Kemp, Patrick James Title: THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF LOCAL DEMAND Area of Honors: Economics Keywords: sports economicscompetitive balancelabor economicssalary capdeterminants of demandnational basketball associationNBAeconometricseconomics File: Download Patrick_Kemp___Final_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: N Edward Coulson, Thesis SupervisorN Edward Coulson, Thesis SupervisorDavid Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Revisiting the Superstar Externality: Lebron's 'Decision' and the Effect of Home Market Size on External Value Open Access Author: Bryant, Andrew David Title: Revisiting the Superstar Externality: Lebron's 'Decision' and the Effect of Home Market Size on External Value Area of Honors: Economics Keywords: EconomicsSports EconomicsNational Basketball AssociationNBALeBron Jamessuperstar File: Download Andrew_Bryant_SHC_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: N Edward Coulson, Thesis SupervisorDavid Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. Developing a New Metric for NBA Player Evaluation: Points Per Lost Possession Open Access Author: Gerberich, Derek C Title: Developing a New Metric for NBA Player Evaluation: Points Per Lost Possession Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: NBAbasketballmoneyballBill JamesBill Simmonsforecastingpoints per lost possessionPPLPpredictive modelssports File: Download points_per_lost_possession.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorMurali Haran, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. ANALYZING AND PREDICTING THE SUCCESS OF NBA SECOND-ROUND PICKS USING ADVANCED COLLEGE PERFORMANCE METRICS Open Access Author: Yang, Jay Title: ANALYZING AND PREDICTING THE SUCCESS OF NBA SECOND-ROUND PICKS USING ADVANCED COLLEGE PERFORMANCE METRICS Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: statisticsbasketballregressionNBANBA Draftcollege basketball File: Download ANALYZING_AND_PREDICTING_THE_SUCCESS_OF_NBA_SECOND-ROUND_PICKS_USING_ADVANCED_COLLEGE_PERFORMANCE_METRICS.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis SupervisorMatthew D Beckman, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. How the Increase in Three-Point Shooting Offenses in the NBA Has Impacted Wage Determinants for Point Guards Open Access Author: Boinske, Charles Title: How the Increase in Three-Point Shooting Offenses in the NBA Has Impacted Wage Determinants for Point Guards Area of Honors: Economics Keywords: BasketballSports EconomicsNBAMultivariable regression File: Download Thesis_PDF_Draft_5.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jadrian James Wooten, Thesis SupervisorRussell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. The Anatomy of a Win: A Statistical Analysis of Success in the National Basketball Association Open Access Author: Oliu, Frank Title: The Anatomy of a Win: A Statistical Analysis of Success in the National Basketball Association Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: sportsbasketballNBAstatisticsanalysisfinance File: Download fro5007thesisfinal1-converted.pdf Thesis Supervisors: David Haushalter, Thesis SupervisorBrian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Assessing the Viability of NBA Betting as a Financial Asset Class Using Predictive Modeling Open Access Author: Scalise, Anthony Title: Assessing the Viability of NBA Betting as a Financial Asset Class Using Predictive Modeling Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: InvestingGamblingPredictive ModelingNBABettingSharpe RatioBehavioralTechnicalFundamentalAsset ClassPortfolioMarketBehavioral FinanceStock MarketBiasLiquidityNoiseInefficiencies File: Download ASSESSING_THE_VIABILITY_OF_NBA_BETTING_AS_A_FINANCIAL_ASSET_CLASS_USING_PREDICTIVE_MODELING_-_ANTHONY_SCALISE.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis SupervisorBrian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
