Economists are skeptical about the economic benefits of hosting "mega-events" such as the Olympic Games or the World …

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 …

We assess size and scope-related economies in the global advertising and marketing services business. A translog cost … of coordination may accompany the strategy of jointly offering advertising and marketing services globally. Estimates … consistently from the joint production of advertising and marketing services …

Tobacco advertising is a public health issue if these activities increase smoking. Although public health advocates … assert that tobacco advertising does increase smoking, there is significant empirical literature that finds little or no … effect of tobacco advertising on smoking. In this paper, these prior studies are examined more closely with several important …

sponsorship events. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we document two main effects. The first is that developers who …'s launch. The second is that the actual receipt of sponsorship has a long-lasting negative effect on innovation, as measured by …

of public and private sponsorship, and explain why this makes sense in some circumstances …