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This contribution analyzes 132 factors on their potential to discriminate countries bidding for hosting the Olympic Games from non-bidding countries. Our binary, clustered model using generalized estimating equations (GEE) shows that countries recording long-term economic growth and pursuing a...
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Economic impact has developed into one of the most cited and used arguments to bid for major events. Ex ante studies on the economic impact, which analyze regional income and employment impacts, are usually required by local chamberlains or regional financing authorities and occasionally are a...
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Die sozio-ökonomischen Einflussfaktoren der Olympischen Medaillengewinne von 1960 bis 2004 werden mithilfe einer Tobit-Analyse geschätzt. Frühere Arbeiten werden bestätigt, wonach das Bruttoinlandproduktes pro Kopf, die Bevölkerungsgröße, der Heimvorteil, das Vorliegen eines...
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Public referenda on Olympic bids have drawn considerable interest in the recent past, also because - with few exceptions - the voters decided against the Olympic ambitions of the local governments and/or local bid committees. For example, within the last five years before the finalizing of this...
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In empirischen Analysen werden Testergebnisse häufig tabellarisch als statistisch signifikante oder insignifikante Resultate ausgewiesen. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der sachgerechten Interpretation der insignifikanten Resultate und der Analyse möglicher Ursachen. Als...
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Die Medaillenprojektion von Maennig/Wellbrock für die Olympischen Sommerspiele 2016 sagt vorher: Deutschland wird von Japan überholt, Russland-Bann ohne große Auswirkungen, Brasilien macht großen Satz nach vorn, USA und China bleiben führend.
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The so-called McLaren Report disclosed the Russian state-subsidized doping and systematic concealment of positive doping samples, up to and including the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. As a result, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and international sports federations excluded a...
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We conduct an innovative analysis of sporting world records by a) using economic instead of sporting determinants and b) by using multivariate stochastic frontier functions. Using data from 48 different disciplines between 1970 and 2014, we show that world records are close to full efficiency...
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The prospect of hosting the Olympic Games is attractive to many cities around the world. This article examines 147 variables' potential to discriminate successful from unsuccessful Olympic bids. Our stepwise, rank-ordered logistic regression model includes nine determinants supporting the...
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participation in that sport. This study is the first to analyse the impact of sports heroes on the membership figures of the … ascendency of the sport stars. With the first paradox, their retirement should then have a positive effect. In this sense, our … regarded as a second paradox. -- Tennis ; Sport Association Memberships ; Boris Becker Effect ; Mass Sport Participation …
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