Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data

Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show that h...

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Main Authors: Dolan, P. (Author), Kavetsos, G. (Author), Krekel, C. (Author), Mavridis, D. (Author), Metcalfe, R. (Author), Senik, C. (Author), Szymanski, S. (Author), Ziebarth, N.R (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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