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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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"This is a third edition of a book that analyzes the claim that cities chosen to host either an Olympics or World Cup experience an economic windfall. The author focuses on the upcoming Tokyo 2020 summer Olympics and World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Zimbalist looks at major cities like London,...
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Overruns of Olympic Sport Venues Reflection on Reasons That Cause Cost and Revenue Overruns Target Groups Lecturers and … scholars in political, economical, and sport science Practitioners in project management, decision makers from sport governing … bodies, politicians, the public authorities and taxpayers The Authors Prof. Dr. Holger Preuß is Professor of sport economics …
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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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