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Dear Economist: Do Olympic judges need a profit motive?

By Tim Harford

Published: September 27 2008 01:45 | Last updated: September 27 2008 01:45

In the women’s individual gymnastic competition at the Olympics, there were a couple of controversies over scoring that experts believe cost the US gymnast a gold. The problem is that officials from the top countries cannot be judges if a citizen from their country is in the competition, so the remaining judges are from countries with no gymnastic tradition. Is there an efficient way to solve this problem?
Doney Joseph, Los Angeles, CA

Dear Doney,

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