Evaluating the economic impacts of hosting the Olympic Games: Why are more cities in emerging markets increasingly bidding and winning the right to host?

This paper will evaluate the economic impacts of hosting an Olympics. City and State officials claim that hosting the Olympics can deliver both short and long-term economic impacts for the city and country at large, but economist remain skeptical of the event's large upfront costs and an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kavuma, Eden
Other Authors: Deborah Kay Elms
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65001