TY - JOUR
T1 - Men, money, and medals : an econometric analysis of the Olympic Games
AU - LUI, Hon Kwong
AU - SUEN, Wing
PY - 2008/2/1
Y1 - 2008/2/1
N2 - Population size and the level of income per capita are major determinants of the number of medals won by a country in the 1952–2004 Olympic Games. A parsimonious count (Poisson) model fits the data very well: the squared correlation between the predicted value of the number of medals won and the observed value is about 56%. There exist strong country-specific effects in Olympic medals results. While the USA and China tend to outperform other countries relative to their size and income, the Asian dragons tend to under-perform in the Games.
AB - Population size and the level of income per capita are major determinants of the number of medals won by a country in the 1952–2004 Olympic Games. A parsimonious count (Poisson) model fits the data very well: the squared correlation between the predicted value of the number of medals won and the observed value is about 56%. There exist strong country-specific effects in Olympic medals results. While the USA and China tend to outperform other countries relative to their size and income, the Asian dragons tend to under-perform in the Games.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2007.00386.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2007.00386.x
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 1361-374X
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Pacific Economic Review
JF - Pacific Economic Review
IS - 1
ER -