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Upstairs and Downstairs

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  • Vani K. Borooah

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Under cricket’s decision review system (DRS) a player may request a review of dismissal decisions taken by on-field umpires. Reviews of leg before wicket decisions, the focus of this article, occur through a ball-tracking technology popularly called “Hawk-Eye.†If Hawk-Eye makes mistakes, in the face of such errors, the overall error rate can be decomposed into a “technology error rate†and a “human error rate.†Consequently, improved decision can be achieved through better technology or better umpires. We argue that, given the costs of DRS, the same gains could be obtained, at lower cost, by investing in umpires rather than technology.

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  • Vani K. Borooah, 2016. "Upstairs and Downstairs," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 17(1), pages 64-85, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jospec:v:17:y:2016:i:1:p:64-85
    DOI: 10.1177/1527002513511973
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    Cited by:

    1. Sarah Jewell & J. James Reade & Carl Singleton, 2020. "It's Just Not Cricket: The Uncontested Toss and the Gentleman's Game," Economics Discussion Papers em-dp2020-10, Department of Economics, University of Reading.
    2. Ram Shivakumar, 2018. "What Technology Says About Decision-Making," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 19(3), pages 315-331, April.

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