Tomas Dudas

Faculty of Economics and Business, Pan-European University, Bratislava, Slovakia

[ 1 ] - Olympic Medals, Economy, Geography and Politics from Sydney to Rio

T he paper uses Heckman model to examine the statistical importance of over 140 independent variables on the Olympic performance of all countries participating in the Summer Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to Rio 2016. We find that countries which export more products have a higher likelihood of winning an Olympic medal than their counterparts exporting fewer products, and explain why...

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