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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 …

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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016

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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...

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Does sports make people happier, or do happy people more sports?

Frey, Bruno S.; Gullo, Anthony - 2021

Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … correlation between sports participation and reported life satisfaction. This relationship is stronger at younger and older ages … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the …

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