An Intervention Time Series Analysis: Specialization and Competitiveness in Sports”

Zuzana Janko () and Janusz Kokoszewski ()
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Zuzana Janko: San Francisco State University
Janusz Kokoszewski: University of Calgary

Economics Bulletin, 2013, vol. 33, issue 3, 2177-2190

Abstract: We utilize a time-series intervention model in the spirit of Enders (1995) and ask to what extent – if any – institutional specialization improves competitiveness in sports. Specifically, we analyze the impact on the competitiveness of Polish swimmers internationally due to the establishment of high-school sport centers in late 1980's specializing in swimming. This allows us to measure the quantitative and qualitative effects of a standardized system on competitiveness. Our analysis shows that the public policy that allowed for institutional specialization had a significant short-term as well as a long-term effect. In particular, we find that implementing the policy had a long run effect of five additional Polish swimmers in the Top 25 international ranking.

Keywords: Policy Intervention Analysis; Institutional Specialization; Competitiveness. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-08-29
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