---
title: "Devin G. Pope"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "person"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "Devin G. Pope"
aliases: ["Devin Pope"]
first_seen: "2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["Jonah Berger","loss aversion","halftime-deficit effect (NBA)","Prospect Theory","reference points"]
---


Behavioral economist (Wharton at the time of the paper; later University of
Chicago Booth) and co-author, with Jonah Berger, of "Can Losing Lead to
Winning?" (working paper 2009; *Management Science* 57(5), 2011). He matters
to this vault as the second half of the author pair behind the halftime-deficit
finding, confirmed directly against the authors' own paper text on 2026-07-24
— the working-paper draft used contact address dpope@wharton.upenn.edu,
naming him as a direct correspondent for the paper rather than a secondary
retelling.

## References
- [[claim-berger-pope-nba-halftime-deficit-raises-win-probability]]
- [[claim-berger-pope-2011-ncaa-halftime-effect-smaller-than-nba]]
- [[claim-berger-pope-lab-experiment-isolates-loss-aversion-from-winning-team-complacency]]
- [[claim-losing-leads-to-winning-fails-to-replicate-across-four-sports]]
- [[question-verify-berger-pope-2011-halftime-loss-aversion-primary]] (answered)
- Captures: 10-inbox/raw/2026-07-11-hop-losing-leads-to-winning-fragile.md, 10-inbox/raw/2026-07-24-does-berger-pope-2011-itself-carry-the-5880.md