http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/07/02/want-to-predict-olympic-champs-look-at-gdp/
Want to Predict Olympic Champs? Look at GDP
Back in early 2000, Daniel Johnson, a professor at Colorado College, found
himself with extra funding leftover from a separate project and with the
help of an undergrad decided to use the resources to see whether economic
variables could predict the medal winnings of each country in the upcoming
summer Olympics.
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