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Home›Category: "mega-events" (Page 2)

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  • It's all Greek to Economists

    mega-events, Olympics
    February 8, 2010
    by Victor Matheson
    Financial turmoil has roiled Greece over the past several weeks. There is real concern that budget deficits in that country will lead to its government defaulting on its debt and ...
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  • Tour Operators and Mega-events

    economic impact, mega-events, Olympics
    November 5, 2009
    by Skip Sauer
    The displacement of normal business by events such as the Super Bowl or the Olympics has been a staple issue in academic economists' analyses of economic impact. These warnings from ...
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  • Mega Event Update: Beijing Bird's Nest Stadium

    mega-events, Olympics, stadiums
    January 7, 2009
    by Brad Humphreys
    Stop me if you have heard this one before... Remember all those claims about the continuing benefits that flow from the lavish sports facilities constructed for mega sporting events for ...
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  • The Guardian on upcoming mega-events

    fifa; soccer, mega-events, Olympics
    November 3, 2008
    by Skip Sauer
    These are rants, but interesting ones. The first swing is at the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa: In my home city, Cape Town, for instance, we are putting ...
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  • A sober assessment from the Swiss

    economic impact, mega-events
    May 14, 2008
    by Skip Sauer
    Euro 2008 takes place next month in Austria and Switzerland. It is the most significant soccer tournament among national teams, save the World Cup. At least one reporter is throwing ...
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  • Super bowl impact figures

    economic impact, mega-events, NFL
    May 24, 2007
    by Skip Sauer
    The local organizers have released a study of spending on Super Bowl 41 in Miami. Their bottom line, as reported by the Miami Herald: 112,000 visitors, spending $688 per day, ...
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