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Olympic Athlete Selection
| Title: | Olympic Athlete Selection |
| Authors: | Hizen, Yoichi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Okui, Ryo Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Olympic | | contest | | tournament |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | The Berkeley Electronic Press |
| Journal Title: | The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.2202/1935-1682.2257 |
| Abstract: | Olympic athlete selection procedures are different among countries and events, and famous athletes are often reported to have lost their selection races. This paper analyzes what kind of procedure is more likely to select high-ability athletes while preventing low-ability athletes from being selected by chance. Our game-theoretic model shows that the answer depends on how sharply high-ability athletes’ race results fluctuate relative to those of low-ability athletes. Athletes’ strategic choice of participation in races turns out to be crucial in addressing this question, and there are cases in which having only one race is desirable, even if the selection can involve multiple races. |
| Description: | Yoichi Hizen and Ryo Okui (2009) “Olympic Athlete Selection,” The B.E. Journal of Economic
Analysis & Policy: Vol. 9: Iss. 1 (Topics), Article 46.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol9/iss1/art46 |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/44509 |
| Appears in Collections: | 経済学院・経済学研究院 (Graduate School of Economics and Business / Faculty of Economics and Business) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 肥前 洋一
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