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

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

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...

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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019

Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...

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Testing the testers : do more tests deter athletes from doping?

Baudouin, Claire; Szymanski, Stefan - In: International journal of sport finance 11 (2016) 4, pp. 349-363

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Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019

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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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Transatlantic sport : the comparative economics of North American and European sports

Barros, Carlos Pestana (contributor); … - 2002

the impact of sport and sports events on local communities and the wider economy providing a useful contrast of methods …This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and … differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and …