Valentin, Lindlacher; Pirich, Gustav - 2024
This study investigates the economic impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exploiting the … spatially disaggregated assessment of these investments. We find that a stadium's city nighttime light intensity increases by 25 … percent, on average, after stadium completion. The stadium's direct surrounding increases by 34 percent, on average, in its …