Mega-Events: The effect of the world’s biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies

This paper provides an overview of the economics of sports mega-events as well as a review of the existing literature in the field. The paper describes why boosters’ <i>ex ante</i> estimates of the economic impact of large sporting events tend to exaggerate the net economic benefits of these events and surveys the results of a large number of <i>ex post</i> studies of exploring the true impact of mega-events.

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Year of publication:	2006-10
Authors:	Matheson, Victor
Institutions:	Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the Holy Cross
Subject:	sports \| impact analysis \| mega-events

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Published in The Business of Sports, Vol. 1, Dennis Howard and Brad Humphreys, eds., (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2008), 81-99. Number 0610 30 pages
Classification:	L83 - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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