Nitsch, Volker ; Wendland, Nicolai (2017)
The IOC’s midas touch: Summer Olympics and city growth.
In: Urban Studies, 54 (4)
doi: 10.1177/0042098015623719
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a difference-in-differences methodology, we analyse the population size of Olympic cities, candidate cities and other large cities in host and candidate countries over the period from 1860 to 2010. We find that, following the Games, host cities do not experience a measurable increase in population size relative to cities in the control group. On the contrary, to the extent that any effect of hosting the Games is identifiable, our results indicate that being awarded the Summer Olympics has a negative impact on cities.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2017 |
| Autor(en): | Nitsch, Volker ; Wendland, Nicolai |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | The IOC’s midas touch: Summer Olympics and city growth |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2017 |
| Verlag: | SAGE Publishing |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Urban Studies |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 54 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 4 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0042098015623719 |
| URL / URN: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098015623719 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a difference-in-differences methodology, we analyse the population size of Olympic cities, candidate cities and other large cities in host and candidate countries over the period from 1860 to 2010. We find that, following the Games, host cities do not experience a measurable increase in population size relative to cities in the control group. On the contrary, to the extent that any effect of hosting the Games is identifiable, our results indicate that being awarded the Summer Olympics has a negative impact on cities. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | city size, host city, impact, mega-events |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Fachgebiet Internationale Wirtschaft |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 21 Feb 2016 21:27 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 17 Nov 2021 08:06 |
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