Name: To the Slimmer Go the Spoils: Heterogeneous Responses to Bodyweight Incentives in Olympic Weightlifting Tournaments
Creator: Andrew W Nutting

To the Slimmer Go the Spoils: Heterogeneous Responses to Bodyweight Incentives in Olympic Weightlifting Tournaments

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Andrew W Nutting;

(2008)

Journal: Eastern Economic Journal,volume 34,issue 3,pages375-389

Related identifiers: doi: 10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050039

When competitive weightlifters tie — a fairly frequent occurrence at the international level — the higher final rank is awarded to the lifter with the lower official bodyweight. Since winning a tiebreaker is more beneficial at higher ordinal ranks, tournament theory sug... View more

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