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Johnson, Daniel K. N. and Ali, Ayfer (2000) Coming to play or coming to win : participation and success at the Olympic Games. Working Paper. Massachusetts: Department of Economics Wellesley College . Wellesley College Working Paper Series 2000-2010 . (Unpublished)
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Abstract
This paper investigates the post-War Summer Olympic Games in order to determine the economic and political determinants of national participation, and of female participation in particular. Success at the Games (i.e., medal counts) is then analyzed in two ways, from the individual level and the national level, showing similar results. Female participation is rising over time, augmented primarily by larger nations. There is a significant and measurable advantage to larger nations (both in GDP per capita and in population) in terms of participation and success at the Games. Furthermore, there are undeniable advantages to being the hosting nation, and to being a neighbor to the host. Equally striking is the fact that while there is no evidence of a bias of Communist and single-party governments to send more athletes to the Games, once there, the athletes of these nations perform exceptionally well. There is support for the hypothesis that colonial links make a difference, imparting a mixed blessing from the past. Predictions for participation and gold, silver and bronze medal counts by nation for the 2000 Sydney Games conclude the paper. JEL O10, Z10
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||||
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Olympics -- Economic aspects, Olympics -- Political aspects, Olympics -- Sex differences, Women athletes -- History | ||||||
| Series Name: | Wellesley College Working Paper Series 2000-2010 | ||||||
| Publisher: | Department of Economics Wellesley College | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Massachusetts | ||||||
| Official Date: | September 2000 | ||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 19 | ||||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Description: | Later published as Johnson, D. K. and Ali, A. (2004), A Tale of Two Seasons: Participation and Medal Counts at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games*. Social Science Quarterly, 85: 974-993. doi:10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00254.x |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 January 2019 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 January 2019 | ||||||
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