All Outputs (2)

An analysis of country medal shares in individual sports at the Olympics (2016)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., McHale, I., Sanz, I., & de Tena, J. (2017). An analysis of country medal shares in individual sports at the Olympics. European Sport Management Quarterly, 17(2), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2016.1248463

Research question: Several studies report modelling relating countries’ medal shares at the Olympics to population and per capita income (host status and political system are typically included as controls). This paper uses a similar model but disagg... Read More about An analysis of country medal shares in individual sports at the Olympics.

The compatriot win effect on national sales of a multicountry lottery (2016)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Forrest, D., & Perez, L. (2016). The compatriot win effect on national sales of a multicountry lottery. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 65(4), 603-618. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12143

Euromillions is a lotto game played across nine countries.We examine more than 8
years of sales data for individual states to assess whether a jackpot win in a country increases
subsequent sales in that country.We propose a novel test for the prese... Read More about The compatriot win effect on national sales of a multicountry lottery.