Who Wins the Olympic Games: Economic Resources and Medal Totals

This paper examines determinants of Olympic success at the country level. Does the United States win its fair share of Olympic medals? Why does China win only 6% of the medals even though it has one-fifth of the world's population? We consider the role of population and economic resources in de...

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Published in:The review of economics and statistics 2004-02, Vol.86 (1), p.413-417
Main Authors: Bernard, Andrew B., Busse, Meghan R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Awards
Censuses
Coefficients
Comparative analysis
Economic models
Economic resources
Economic theory
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Manycountries
Medals
Modeling
Olympic games
Population
Socioeconomics
Standard error
Studies
World population
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