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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063244
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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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Developing a framework to identify and systematise sources of inefficiencies in sports sponsorship from a sponsee perspective
Dietl, Helmut; Schweizer, Nicolas - 2015
This paper develops a framework for illustrating why sponsored sports entities, the "sponsees", often struggle to … experts from sponsors, sponsees, and sports agencies, we identify six sources of inefficiencies at the sponsee side that can … management's "degree of professionalism". While previous research in sports sponsorship has concentrated mainly on the sponsor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416565
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No better moment to score a goal than just before half time? : a soccer myth statistically tested
Baert, Stijn; Amez, Simon - 2016
We test the soccer myth suggesting that a particularly good moment to score a goal is just before half time. To this end, rich data on 1,179 games played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League are analysed. In contrast to the myth, we find that, conditional on the goal difference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484373
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Labor market effects of sports and exercise : evidence from Canadian panel data ; conference paper
Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 2014 - This version: January 2014
Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individ-ual sports and exercise on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491106
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Which countries bid for the Olympic Games? : economic, political, and social factors and chances of winning
Maennig, Wolfgang; Vierhaus, Christopher - 2016 - Version: February 2016
bid decision is shaped by experience in hosting major sports events, a country and regional rotation, persistence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452732
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How does online streaming affect antitrust remedies to centralized marketing? : the case of European football broadcasting rights
Budzinski, Oliver; Gänßle, Sophia; … - 2019
The collective sale of football broadcasting rights constitutes a cartel, which, in the European Union, is only allowed if it complies with a number of conditions and obligations, inter alia, partial unbundling and the no-single-buyer rule. These regulations were defined with traditional...
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Mozart or Pelé? : the effects of teenagers' participation in music and sports
Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - 2015
' leisure time on playing music or doing sports, or both. We find that while playing music fosters educational outcomes compared … to doing sports, particularly so for girls and children from more highly educated families, doing sports improves …
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Physical activity of adults : a survey of correlates, determinants, and effects
Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - 2014 - This version: October 2014
We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports … studies in empirical economics, all the papers seem to agree that individual leisure sports participation and physical …
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