olympics.def

country year gdp pop gold silver bronze medaltot host planned soviet
  
	Obs:   1610 
	
	country		country code
	year		olympics year
	gdp		gross domestic product, 1995 dollars
	pop		population
	gold		number of gold medals won
	silver		number of silver medals won
	bronze		number of bronze medals won
	medaltot	total number of medals won
	host		= 1 if host country
	planned		= 1 if non-soviet planned
	soviet		= 1 if soviet
	
Data source: Andrew B. Bernard and Meghan R. Busse "Who wins the olympic games: Economic resources and medal totals,"
             The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2004, 86(1), 413-417.

We thank Dr. Bernard for providing these data


    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
     country |      1610    106.3528    58.96456          1        211
        year |      1610    79.58509    11.52345         60         96
         gdp |      1610    1.17e+11    5.09e+11   3.91e+07   7.28e+12
         pop |      1599    2.68e+07    9.73e+07   14960.41   1.22e+09
        gold |      1259    1.657665    6.344098          0         83
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      silver |      1259    1.648928    5.281189          0         69
      bronze |      1258    1.800477     5.03377          0         46
    medaltot |      1259    5.105639    16.18698          0        195
        host |      1610    .0062112    .0785903          0          1
     planned |      1610    .0192547    .1374615          0          1
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      soviet |      1610    .0416149    .1997696          0          1