TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic Determinants of Success at the Summer Paralympics
AU - Buts, Caroline
AU - du Bois, Cind
AU - Heyndels, Bruno
AU - Jegers, Marc
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - For the first time, the determinants of a country's success at the Paralympic Games are studied, using data from four editions, starting in 1996. By means of a tobit panel, the authors find that gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, population, having many participants per million inhabitants, being a former communist country, hosting the Paralympics, being a former host, and surface are positively related to success as measured by the (weighted) number of medals won. Deviations from the ideal temperature to practice sports negatively affect Paralympic success.
AB - For the first time, the determinants of a country's success at the Paralympic Games are studied, using data from four editions, starting in 1996. By means of a tobit panel, the authors find that gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, population, having many participants per million inhabitants, being a former communist country, hosting the Paralympics, being a former host, and surface are positively related to success as measured by the (weighted) number of medals won. Deviations from the ideal temperature to practice sports negatively affect Paralympic success.
KW - paralympics
KW - sports success
KW - tobit panel
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875106884&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1527002511416511
DO - 10.1177/1527002511416511
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84875106884
SN - 1527-0025
VL - 14
SP - 133
EP - 147
JO - Journal of Sports Economics
JF - Journal of Sports Economics
IS - 2
ER -