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Mega Event Legacy Update: Athens Edition
I have been watching quite a bit of World Cup coverage, and the announcers seem to have gone out of their way to complement the new stadiums built for the ... -
Good Lines on Economic Impact of the Super Bowl
We've been over the logic and the figures on the economic impact from sports ad infinitum. But this piece by Joe Eskenzai at SF Weekly, with an assist from USF ... -
The Guardian on upcoming mega-events
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 ... -
The IMF Surveys the Impact of Mega-Events
The latest issue of the IMF's journal, Finance and Development, has a number of essays on the impact of hosting events like the Olympics and the World Cup. Andrew Zimbalist's ... -
"Give the World Cup bid a red card"
That's the title of co-blogger Dennis Coates' piece in today's LA Times. Dennis may be too proud to call attention to himself by pointing that out here, but I'm not! ... -
Tour Operators and Mega-events
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 ... -
Two Weeks Out From the World Cup, a Familiar Picture Emerges
The opening match between Brazil and Croatia will kick off two weeks from tomorrow. But there seems less anticipation leading up to the Cup on whether Brazil will reign supreme ... -
World Cup finances & knock-on effects
This BBC story has a number of figures on the costs and revenues of staging this year's World Cup in South Africa. Among them (in British pounds): FIFA's expected revenue: ... -
It's all Greek to Economists
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 ... -
"Going for the Gold: The Economics of the Olympics"
The Summer Olympics are just around the corner and the Spring 2016 issue of the Journal of Economic of Economic Perspectives has a paper on the economics of the Olympics. The ... -
Migration of the All-Star Game
In response to concerns about potential racial profiling of its players, 27% of whom are of Hispanic origin, the Major League Baseball Players Association today issued a statement opposing the ... -
Despite what the NFL will tell you, hosting the Super Bowl is not good for ...
Here's my piece at the Washington Examiner on the simple economics of the Super Bowl: http://washex.am/2jPxOxJ Bottom line: Mega-events displace other economic activity, business visitors, conventions, and other travel ...
