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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
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The economic effects of the mega sport events on tourism in the BRICS countries case
Pop, Iuliana; Kanovici, Adrian; Ghic, Graţiela; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016), pp. 960-975
mega sport events, such as the Summer and Winter Olympics or the World Championships in different sports. For the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011833676
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514865
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Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Dolan, Paul - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863807
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Mega-Events and Sectoral Employment : The Case of the 1996 Olympic Games
Feddersen, Arne - 2017
This paper contributes to the analysis of large sporting events using highly disaggregated data. We use the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, which are also outstanding as one of the very few large sporting events where ex post academic analysis found significant positive effects. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955531
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Mega-Events and Sectoral Employment : The Case of the 1996 Olympic Games
Feddersen, Arne - 2017
Using the data of the 1996 Olympic Games, this paper analyzes the economic impact of a mega-sporting event. Earlier studies are extended in several ways. First, monthly rather than quarterly data are employed. Second, the impact is analyzed for 16 different sectors. Third, we use a nonparametric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956123
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The economic impact of participant sports events : a case study for the Winter World Masters Games 2020 in Tyrol, Austria
Lintumäki, Petri; Winner, Hannes; Scheiber, Sabrina; … - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 4/94, pp. 1-23
The Winter World Masters Games (WWMGs) are a large sports event for 30+-year-old athletes. As there are neither … participatory sports tourism event rather than a spectator event. In 2020, the WWMGs were staged in Innsbruck, Tyrol. In this study … and organizational expenditure. Furthermore, we discuss the peculiarities of the masters sports concept. Our empirical …
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Sports Tourism Expenditures
Guerra, Alice; Pattitoni, Pierpaolo; Vici, Laura - 2023
We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants' expenditures in sports events. Specifically, we analyze …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345221
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Geographic Determinants of Infant Health : The Impact of Sports Facility Construction Projects
Humphreys, Brad R.; Ruseski, Jane E. - 2019
1995-2002, we find that sports facility construction projects generate local negative externalities. Infants born during …
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