Human Behavior and Analytics in the NFL Draft
Wednesday April 22, 2026 | 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Baker Hall, Giant Eagle Auditorium
Cade Massey
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
Talk title: "Has the Loser's Curse Been Broken?"
Abstract: TBD
Bio: Cade Massey is a Practice Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School where he is Faculty Director of Wharton People Lab, and co-Faculty Director of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and was on faculty at Duke and Yale before moving to Penn in 2012. Cade works at the intersection of academia and industry, bridging the gap between research and practice on decision-making, influence and negotiation. He has had long-term collaborations with Google, Merck, Doctors Without Borders and several professional sports teams. He is originally from west Texas, attended the University of Texas as an undergraduate, and now lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Cameron.
Reference: Massey, Cade, and Richard H. Thaler. "The loser's curse: Decision making and market efficiency in the National Football League draft." Management Science 59.7 (2013): 1479-1495.
This event is jointly hosted by the Department of Statistics & Data Science and the Department Social and Decision Sciences, as part of their Hilliard Family Speaker Series on Behavioral Economics.