UG Economists’ Predictions: Twelve Golds, 11 Silvers and 11 Bronzes for the Netherlands at the Olympics


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Photo: Gerhard G. via Pixabay Twelve gold (as in Sydney in 2000), eleven silver and eleven bronze. That is the prediction of University of Groningen economists Fabian Ten Keith and Elmer Sternkin for the Dutch Olympic team in Tokyo. According to Ten Kate and Sterken, this would put the Netherlands in sixth place in the country’s rankings and the NOC*NSF Top Ten target would be met. World Cup performance Ten Kate and Sterken use an economic model and base their predictions on the average success of Dutch athletes during the world championships held in recent years in all 339 events...