Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes

This paper estimates the technical efficiency of Olympic disciplines in which Spanish athletes participate, taking into account the results obtained in the last three Olympic Games. A stochastic production frontier model (normal-exponential), using two control variables linked to economic factors su...

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Autores principales:	Emilio Gómez-Déniz, Nancy Dávila-Cárdenes, Alejandro Leiva-Arcas, María J. Martínez-Patiño
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	efficiency Olympic Games stochastic frontier Mathematics QA1-939
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2f3ca858728e410e8ae4023c20c989df2021-11-11T18:15:18ZMeasuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes10.3390/math92126882227-7390https://doaj.org/article/2f3ca858728e410e8ae4023c20c989df2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/21/2688https://doaj.org/toc/2227-7390This paper estimates the technical efficiency of Olympic disciplines in which Spanish athletes participate, taking into account the results obtained in the last three Olympic Games. A stochastic production frontier model (normal-exponential), using two control variables linked to economic factors such as budget and sports scholarships, is estimated in order to obtain different Olympic sports’ efficiencies distinguished by gender, using data from 2005 to 2016. The results detect some differences among the considered disciplines. In all the cases, athletics, canoeing, cycling, swimming, and tennis, depending on the gender, reach better values. This paper’s novelty lies in the efficiency analysis carried out on the Olympic disciplines and athletes of a country and not on the country’s efficiency, which allows managers and stakeholders to decide about investments concerning disciplines and athletes.Emilio Gómez-DénizNancy Dávila-CárdenesAlejandro Leiva-ArcasMaría J. Martínez-PatiñoMDPI AGarticleefficiencyOlympic Gamesstochastic frontierMathematicsQA1-939ENMathematics, Vol 9, Iss 2688, p 2688 (2021)
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spellingShingle	efficiency Olympic Games stochastic frontier Mathematics QA1-939 Emilio Gómez-Déniz Nancy Dávila-Cárdenes Alejandro Leiva-Arcas María J. Martínez-Patiño Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes
description	This paper estimates the technical efficiency of Olympic disciplines in which Spanish athletes participate, taking into account the results obtained in the last three Olympic Games. A stochastic production frontier model (normal-exponential), using two control variables linked to economic factors such as budget and sports scholarships, is estimated in order to obtain different Olympic sports’ efficiencies distinguished by gender, using data from 2005 to 2016. The results detect some differences among the considered disciplines. In all the cases, athletics, canoeing, cycling, swimming, and tennis, depending on the gender, reach better values. This paper’s novelty lies in the efficiency analysis carried out on the Olympic disciplines and athletes of a country and not on the country’s efficiency, which allows managers and stakeholders to decide about investments concerning disciplines and athletes.
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author	Emilio Gómez-Déniz Nancy Dávila-Cárdenes Alejandro Leiva-Arcas María J. Martínez-Patiño
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title	Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes
title_short	Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes
title_full	Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes
title_fullStr	Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes
title_sort	measuring efficiency in the summer olympic games disciplines: the case of the spanish athletes
publisher	MDPI AG
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Measuring Efficiency in the Summer Olympic Games Disciplines: The Case of the Spanish Athletes

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