This article provides estimates of differences in game play between the WNBA and NBA. Game outcome measures that are absolute (win or loss) and relative (ratio of final points) both reveal differential impacts of relative characteristics of play (ratio of shooting percentages, rebounding, assists, turnovers, personal fouls, and differences in steals and blocked shots). A stochastic frontier model is estimated and used to generate (relative) efficiency measures of play that further reveal differences between the two leagues.
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