We analyze the decision to participate and performance at the Modern Olympic Summer Games at the country level. We use an unbalanced panel of 118 countries over all 24 editions of the Summer Games since 1896. The main focus of the paper is on economic, geographic and demographic determinants of Olympic participation and success. We estimate the impact of income per capita, population size, home...

Two assumptions are used to justify selection of equilibria in stable sets. One assumption requires that a selected set is invariant to addition of redundant strategies. The other is a strong version of backward induction. Backward induction is interpreted as the requirement that behavior strategies in an extensive-form game are sequentially rational and conditionally admissible at every inform...

Abstract When we consider classical receptions in terms of presences, often think how antiquity materializes visibly and/or substantially the fabric our histories, whether as physical remains or concrete traditions. Yet search for a solid, conspicuous phenomenon reveals only one side fascinating story can conceive its status and circulation across space time. This article investigates some key ...