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Who Wins the Olympic Games : Economic Development and Medal Totals
Bernard, Andrew B. - 2000
medals? Why does China win 6% of the medals even though it has 1/5 of the world's population? We consider the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470733
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The Promise of Beijing : Evaluating the Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Air Quality
Chen, Yuyu - 2011
To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using officially reported air pollution index (API) from 2000 to 2009, we show that these measures improved the API of Beijing during and after the Games, but 60% of the effect faded away by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461750
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The Olympic Effect
Rose, Andrew K. - 2009
Economists are skeptical about the economic benefits of hosting "mega-events" such as the Olympic Games or the World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463794
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Work and Play : International Evidence of Gender Equality in Employment and Sports
Klein, Michael W. - 2002
's Soccer World Cup and to do well in that competition. This effect of relative labor force participation rates on athletic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469632
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Lead Exposure Reduces Academic Performance : Intensity, Duration, and Nutrition Matter
Hollingsworth, Alex - 2020
We leverage a natural experiment, where a large national automotive racing organization switched from leaded to unleaded fuel, to study how ambient lead exposure and nutrition impact learning in elementary school. The average race emitted more than 10 kilograms of lead -- a quantity similar to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482468
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Family Violence and Football : The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Violent Behavior
Card, David - 2009
Family violence is a pervasive and costly problem, yet there is no consensus on how to interpret the phenomenon of violence by one family member against another. Some analysts assume that violence has an instrumental role in intra-family incentives. Others argue that violent episodes represent a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463152
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In-group Favoritism and Peer Effects in Wrongful Acquittals : NBA Referees as Judges
Mocan, Naci; Osborne-Christenson, Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We provide the first analysis of racial in-group bias in Type-I and Type-II errors. Using player-referee matched data from NBA games we show that there is no overall racial bias or in-group bias in foul calls made by referees. Similarly, there is no racial bias or in-group bias in Type-I errors...
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Gesundheit und Sport - Jobmotoren in Österreich? : Beiträge zur Fachtagung "Qualifikationsbedarf der Zukunft: Gesundheit und Sport - Jobmotoren in Österreich?" des AMS vom 25. Nove...
Hofstätter, Maria (ed.); Sturm, René (ed.) - 2006
Berufsinformation des AMS Österreich veranstalteten Fachtagung "Qualifikationsbedarf der Zukunft: Gesundheit und Sport - Jobmotoren in … "Qualifikationsbedarf der Zukunft: Gesundheit und Sport - Jobmotoren in Österreich?"; Leo A. Nefiodow: Der Gesundheitsmarkt … - Wachstumslokomotive des 21. Jahrhunderts. Helmut Dornmayr: Jobmotor "Gesundheit und Sport": Welchen Treibstoff braucht er? Analysen zu …
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Time Spent Exercising and Obesity : An Application of Lewbel’s Instrumental Variables Method
Courtemanche, Charles J. - 2020
This paper examines the role physical activity plays in determining body mass using data from the American Time Use Survey. Our work is the first to address the measurement error that arises when time use during a single day--rather than average daily time use over an extended period--is used as...
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