The rich get richer and the poor get poorer - the Matthew mechanism as an approach to explain selection effects and the occurrence of multiple medalists in the "production" of international success in alpine ski racing

• Главные авторы: Michael Barth (Автор), Arne Güllich (Автор), Eike Emrich (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Bern Open Publishing, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The study addresses two questions that are under debate in the literature and exemplifies their examination in alpine ski racing. Firstly, are successful athletes the product of a long-term continuous intervention and/or socialization process or do they rather emerge via repeated selection processes...