Olympic medals: Does the past predict the future?

Julia Bredtmann; Carsten J. Crede; Sebastian Otten

doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2016.00915.x

Olympic medals: Does the past predict the future?

Julia Bredtmann
, Carsten J. Crede
, Sebastian Otten

School of Economics

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Abstract

How many medals will each country win in Rio this August? Recent history provides some strong indications, but a more sophisticated approach might produce better predictions. Julia Bredtmann, Carsten J. Crede and Sebastian Otten investigate.

Original language	English
Pages	22-25
Number of pages	4
Volume	13
No.	3
Specialist publication	Significance
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2016.00915.x
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016

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