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A Ranking Method Based on Handicaps
Demange, Gabrielle - 2021
Ranking methods are fundamental tools in many areas. Popular methods aggregate the statements of 'experts' in different … ways. As such, there are various reasonable ranking methods, each one of them more or less adapted to the environment under … applications. The method is illustrated for ranking economic journals …
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Who Is the 'Journal Grand Master'? A New Ranking Based on the Elo Rating System
Lehmann, Robert - 2017
In this paper we transfer the Elo rating system, which is widely accepted in chess, sports and other disciplines, to … of a journal's performance. Most other rankings that are commonly applied neglect this fact. The Elo ranking approach can … period from 1999 to 2015. We show that the Elo approach produces a similar but not identical ranking compared to other …
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Ranking Economists on the Basis of Many Indicators : An Alternative Approach Using RePEc Data
Seiler, Christian - 2012
rankings can be biased due to the employed ranking methodology. In order to select key indicators describing and assessing … overall ranking of economists based on RePEc data …
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The Limits of Trust in Economic Transactions - Investigations of Perfect Reputation Systems
Bolton, Gary E.; Ockenfels, Axel - 2021
As the Internet economy has grown, so too has the need for trust. A degree of trust is a critical ingredient in virtually all economic relationships, Internet or otherwise. Every day we choose to trust plumbers, doctors, employers, employees, teachers, airlines, and others. The need for trust...
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Migrating Football Players, Transfer Fees and Migration Controls
Verbon, Harrie - 2021
Since the famous Bosman ruling by the European Court of Justice in 1995 transfer fees for football players after moving to another club have become suspect as they are considered as an obstacle to the free movement of workers. However, in an unrestricted market free migration from football...
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Awareness Reduces Racial Bias
Pope, Devin G.; Price, Joseph; Wolfers, Justin - 2021
Can raising awareness of racial bias subsequently reduce that bias? We address this question by exploiting the widespread media attention highlighting racial bias among professional basketball referees that occurred in May 2007 following the release of an academic study. Using new data, we...
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Andrea Christina - 2011
understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the effect of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra …
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Nineteenth Century White Physical Activity and Calories : Socioeconomic Status and Diets
Carson, Scott Alan - 2014
Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study estimates the basal metabolic rates and calories for Americans of European descent. Throughout the 19th century, white basal metabolic rates (BMRs) and calories declined across their respective distributions, and much of the...
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The IOC's Midas Touch : Summer Olympics and City Growth
Nitsch, Volker - 2013
Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076734
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Nineteenth Century Black and Mulatto Physical Activity, Calories, and Life Expectancy
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study considers how black and mulatto basal metabolic rates and calories varied with economic development. During the 19th century, black physical activity and net nutrition declined during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315583