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

Emilio Gómez-Déniz, Nancy Dávila-Cárdenes, Alejandro Leiva-Arcas and María J. Martínez-Patiño
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Emilio Gómez-Déniz: Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics, TiDES Institute, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Nancy Dávila-Cárdenes: Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics, TiDES Institute, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Alejandro Leiva-Arcas: Faculty of Sport, Catholic University of Murcia, Guadalupe, 30107 Murcia, Spain
María J. Martínez-Patiño: Olympic Studies Center, Faculty of Education and Sport, Campus A Xunqueira s/n, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: efficiency; Olympic Games; stochastic frontier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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