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Home›Category: "Olympics" (Page 2)

Olympics

  • Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

    2010 Winter Olympics, Olympics
    February 13, 2010
    by Victor Matheson
    The Room for Debate blog at the New York Times runs a series of short opinion pieces today about the lack of snow in Vancouver at the opening of the ...
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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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  • Gold Medals, Red Ink: NBC to Lose $200 Million on Games

    media, Olympics
    January 18, 2010
    by Brad Humphreys
    A number of media outlets are reporting that NBC will lose about $200 million dollars on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games broadcast. The network paid $2.2 billion of the US ...
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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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  • Monday Potpourri: Olympic Edition

    "billion dollar barrier", Olympics, opportunity cost
    October 5, 2009
    by Brad Humphreys
    Rio was selected to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Despite lobbying by President Obama, First Lady Obama, and mega-star Oprah, Chicago's bid was eliminated in the first round of ...
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  • The Economy and the Olympics

    Olympics, public funding
    March 26, 2009
    by Phil Miller
    There's an article on the front page of today's Denver Post about the effect of the stumbling economy on the Olympics: Although the Olympic flame was extinguished just a little ...
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  • Olympic bust

    economic development, Olympics
    February 24, 2009
    by Skip Sauer
    Some choice quotes from a fascinating article by Barbara Demick in the LA Times: Reporting from Beijing -- "Empty," says Jack Rodman, an expert in distressed real estate, as he ...
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  • More Olympic Bailouts

    economic development, Olympics
    January 22, 2009
    by Skip Sauer
    From The Times: Ministers have approved a £461 million public bail-out of the London Olympics after private investment in two of the biggest venues on the East London site failed ...
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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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  • Policy Makers and Economic Analysis

    economic impact, Olympics
    December 2, 2008
    by Skip Sauer
    The Bush administration has earned the reputation for ignoring policy advice from economists, for better or for worse. From the sound of this story, Bush's crew have company across the ...
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