Decreasing Returns to Scale for the Small Country due to Scarcity or Indivisibility - A Test on Sport
This paper envisages economies of scale - or rather, diseconomies of low scale - caused in small nations by a sometimes acute shortage of talent and to indivisibility of teams: for example, a small country such as Iceland or Luxembourg cannot participate in an international football tournament with...
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ftzbwkiel:oai:econstor.eu:10419/75543 2023-12-24T10:17:51+01:00 Decreasing Returns to Scale for the Small Country due to Scarcity or Indivisibility - A Test on Sport Glejser, Herbert 2000 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/75543 eng eng Munich: Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) Series: CESifo Working Paper No. 294 gbv-ppn:757227333 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/75543 RePec:ces:ceswps:_294 http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen ddc:330 doc-type:workingPaper 2000 ftzbwkiel 2023-11-27T00:43:09Z This paper envisages economies of scale - or rather, diseconomies of low scale - caused in small nations by a sometimes acute shortage of talent and to indivisibility of teams: for example, a small country such as Iceland or Luxembourg cannot participate in an international football tournament with only three players, even if they are exceptionally gifted. After devising a few models we test them on sports (especially on Olympic results). We find that, indeed, the comparative superiority of large nations is to be found in (especially large) team events. Several results are significant at the 0.001 significance level. We conclude by suggesting the establishment of institutions similar to customs unions: a European Sport Associations United (ESAU) could fight with some hope the giants of today and tomorrow (China, India, etc.). Report Iceland EconStor (German National Library of Economics, ZBW) |
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This paper envisages economies of scale - or rather, diseconomies of low scale - caused in small nations by a sometimes acute shortage of talent and to indivisibility of teams: for example, a small country such as Iceland or Luxembourg cannot participate in an international football tournament with only three players, even if they are exceptionally gifted. After devising a few models we test them on sports (especially on Olympic results). We find that, indeed, the comparative superiority of large nations is to be found in (especially large) team events. Several results are significant at the 0.001 significance level. We conclude by suggesting the establishment of institutions similar to customs unions: a European Sport Associations United (ESAU) could fight with some hope the giants of today and tomorrow (China, India, etc.). |
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Decreasing Returns to Scale for the Small Country due to Scarcity or Indivisibility - A Test on Sport |
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Decreasing Returns to Scale for the Small Country due to Scarcity or Indivisibility - A Test on Sport |
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Decreasing Returns to Scale for the Small Country due to Scarcity or Indivisibility - A Test on Sport |
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decreasing returns to scale for the small country due to scarcity or indivisibility - a test on sport |
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Munich: Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |
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