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Robert Lantis

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Sports Analytics and PerformanceSports Performance and TrainingSports, Gender, and SocietySports Dynamics and BiomechanicsExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Publications

14

Citations

176

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
AI-generated

Robert Lantis is an economist who studies human performance and behavior, often using data from professional and college sports. Much of his work examines the so-called "hot hand" (whether success streaks are real) and how pressure to win affects how well athletes perform, along with broader questions in behavioral and health economics.

Sports economics and analyticsThe "hot hand" phenomenon (performance streaks)Pressure and performance (Yerkes-Dodson hypothesis)Behavioral economicsHealth economics (unemployment and alcohol use)

Publication activity has been steady but modest over the past decade, averaging about one paper per year with occasional clusters of output.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
172018: 2 publications182019: 1 publication19202021: 3 publications3212022: 1 publication22232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Behavioral Scientist×3
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×3
  • Journal of Sports Economics×2
  • National Bureau of Economic Research×2
  • Economics & Human Biology×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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