This study demonstrates that the Football World Cup 1974 in Germany was not able to generate any short to long-term employment effects that were significantly different from zero. It is the first work to examine long-term employment effects of Football World Cup tournaments. It is also one of...

No two ways about it: the soccer World Cup competition in June 2006 in Germany was a great experience, not only for the soccer fans, and it still resonates far and wide. The various commentaries have all concluded that the economic effects were positive. Emphasis has often been placed on...

The rising attention of politicians as well as scientists in the EU to the large urban agglomerations as centres of economic growth is accompanied by political efforts to identify and to demarcate such agglomerations under the label 'metropolitan regions'. This study develops a theoretical...

This contribution provides an ex post analysis of the economic impacts of the two most recent single-country World Cups (WCs), Germany 2006 and France 1998. Based on macroeconomic indicators, the experiences of these WCs appear to be in line with existing empirical research on large sporting...

This paper investigates socioeconomic impacts of three multifunctional sports arenas situated in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Germany. The three arenas were chosen for their potential to contribute to revitalisation of their economically deprived neighbourhoods. We employ a difference-in-differences...

Over the past decade the scale of higher education in China has expanded substantially. Regional development policies attempted to make use of the scale expansion as a tool to reduce the inequality of higher education among different regions with different development levels through providing...

This paper evaluates the effect of high-speed rail (THSR) on the land prices of targeted regions (THSR regions) in Taipei,China using prefectural-level data from 1993 to 2017. The construction of THSR started in 2000 and was finished in 2006. The THSR line to Zuoying (Kaohsiung City) first...

Integration of public transport modes has been cited by many as one of the primary factors that enhances public transport ridership and makes public transport investments more viable. Asian cities are witnessing huge investments in high-speed rail (HSR) infrastructure, which will be instrumental...

The paper proposes a comparative analysis of three different scenarios for the efficient use of the former Bucharest City Hall building (BCHb) for business purpose. All three scenarios are related to the area of services, namely real estate, retail, cultural services and hotel services. In order...

In der Debatte um Gebietsreformen wird zumeist übersehen, dass Fusionen von Gebietskörperschaften mit spürbaren politischen Kosten verbunden sein können. In diesem Beitrag werden die politischen Kos - ten von Gebietsreformen anhand der 2015 in Kraft getretenen Gemeindegebietsreform im...