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How to Win the Olympic Games - The Empirics of Key Success Factors of Olympic Bids
Feddersen, Arne; Zimmermann, Philipp; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2010
This paper examines the probability of the success of city bid campaigns on the basis of quantified determinants for a total of 48 bids for the Summer Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012. Using a model comprising the distance of sporting venues from the Olympic Village, local temperatures and...
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Trademark Unraveled : The U.S. Olympic Committee Versus Knitters of the World
David, Marcella - 2013
A cease-and-desist letter is a tool commonly used by corporations in their efforts to vindicate the rights they hold in protected words and symbols associated with their business and reputation. Some defend the use of cease-and-desist letters as an effective vehicle. to quickly address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155332
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Competitive Balance in Olympic Boxing : 1904-2012
Chaplin, David; Mendoza, Sergio - 2012
Beginning with the seminal work in the field now known as sports economics (Rottenberg, 1956), concern over competitive … balance has been a recurring theme. While the vast majority of the focus has been on popular professional team sports, a few … studies have analyzed competitive balance in the individual sports of professional tennis (del Corral, 2009) and NASCAR (von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014162616
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What Goes into a Medal : Women's Inclusion and Success at the Olympic Games
Noland, Marcus; Stahler, Kevin - 2014
This paper examines determinants of women's participation and performance in the Olympics. Female inclusion and success are not merely functions of size, wealth, and host advantage, but a more complex process involving the socioeconomic status of women and, more weakly, broad societal attitudes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014141372
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Demand for Sport
Borland, Jeff - 2016
This article reviews international literature on the demand for professional sport. The first part presents a conceptual framework for understanding the sources and determinants of the demand for professional sporting contests. The second part reviews empirical evidence on key determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013003869
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Which Countries Bid for the Olympic Games? Economic, Political, and Social Factors and Chances of Winning
Maennig, Wolfgang - 2017
bid decision is shaped by experience in hosting major sports events, a country and regional rotation, persistence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955720
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Prohibitive Failure : The Demise of the Ban on Sports Betting
Holden, John T. - 2019
On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal prohibition on sports gambling. The sweeping … opinion, authored by Justice Alito, ended more than a quarter-century old policy that kept states from offering sports … gambling and therefore, sports betting was confined almost entirely to illegal underground markets. Indeed, the sports betting …
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How big is home advantage at the Olympic Games?
Singleton, Carl; Reade, James; Rewilak, Johan; … - 2021
We revisit the magnitude of home advantage at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, looking back all the way to Athens in 1896. By comparing a host country’s success with their performances in previous and subsequent games, we find that home advantage has declined over time as participation and...
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How to win the Olympic Games : the empirics of key success factors of olympic bids
Feddersen, Arne (contributor); Maennig, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2007
This paper examines the probability of the success of city bid campaigns on the basis of quantified determinants for a total of 48 bids for the Summer Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012. Using a model comprising the distance of sporting venues from the Olympic Village, local temperatures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003660006
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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