Pulling the Goalie: Hockey and Investment Implications

ArXiv ID: ssrn-3132563 “View on arXiv”

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Complexity vs Empirical Score

• Math Complexity: 4.5/10
• Empirical Rigor: 1.5/10
• Quadrant: Philosophers
• Why: The paper uses discrete-time recursion and basic probability for a simplified model, but it is fundamentally a conceptual discussion on decision-making, with no backtesting or complex statistical methods.

  flowchart TD
    A["Research Goal:<br>Do optimal abandonment<br>strategies apply to finance?"] --> B{"Methodology"}
    B --> C["Data: NHL Pull-Goalie Events"]
    B --> D["Input: Market Options Data"]
    C & D --> E["Computation:<br>Real Options Analysis"]
    E --> F["Outcome:<br>Market analogies identified"]
    F --> G["Findings:<br>Validates strategic<br>abandonment logic"]