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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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Mega-Events and Sectoral Employment : The Case of the 1996 Olympic Games
Feddersen, Arne - 2011
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/10013123504
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Wage and employment effects of the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 reconsidered
Feddersen, Arne; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2009
effects. We do, however, reaffirm their result of no significant wage effects. -- Olympic Games ; sports economics ; mega …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883824
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Wage and Employment Effects of the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 Reconsidered
Feddersen, Arne; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2009
We estimate the economic effects of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Our difference in difference model checks for serial correlation and allows for a simultaneous test of level and trend effects, but otherwise follows HOTCHKISS, MOORE, & ZOBAY (2003) in this journal. We were not able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200060
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Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities
Lechner, Michael - 2008
This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on long-term labour market … their own level of sports activities are tackled by combining informative data and flexible semiparametric estimation … methods with a specific way to use the panel dimension of the data. The paper shows that sports activities have sizeable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217213
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Regional Income and Employment Effects of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games
Jasmand, Stephanie - 2010
Olympic Games may have impacts on income and employment in the host city, but no ex post study has been carried out for European Olympic host cities to date. The present study closes this gap using the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The data period examined in this study allows for analysis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149148
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Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities
Lechner, Michael - 2021
This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on long-term labour market … their own level of sports activities are tackled by combining informative data and flexible semiparametric estimation … methods with a specific way to use the panel dimension of the data. The paper shows that sports activities have sizeable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325104
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Employment effects of the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 reconsidered
Feddersen, Arne; Maennig, Wolfgang - In: International journal of sport finance 8 (2013) 2, pp. 95-111
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761216
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Tax incentives and job creation in the tourism industry of Brazil
Garsous, Grégoire; Novoa, David Corderi; Velasco, Mercedes - 2015
In recent decades, a significant number of developing countries have implemented fiscal incentives programs for the tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local investment and employment, as tourism activities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485096