This study reviews the literature on the evaluation of the Olympic Games, within the broader
framework of their significance as cultural assets and opportunities for endogenous growth …

In this paper, we explore the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympic Games. On the cost
side, there are three major categories: general infrastructure such as transportation and …

The literature on the impact of sport events continues to grow. However, existing systematic
reviews have often focused on a specific typology of impact and/or specific events. In this …

The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of
microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds …

For many years there has been wide recognition of the economic impact that major sports
events can generate in attracting visitors and event-related construction investment. This …

The economic viability of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is still being debated.
Using the latest available input–output tables and tourism data, this study estimates the short …

The aims of event assessment are often unclear. Failure to clarify objectives has resulted in
a less than satisfactory approach to event evaluation given that the two major approaches …

Increasing attention has been paid to evaluate the impacts of large scale events on tourism
demand. For providing policy suggestions, it should consider the economic impact of both …

Over the past three decades the field of regional computable general equilibrium (CGE)
modeling has flourished, growing from a handful of top-down, single-region and low …

This conceptual paper proposes a new framework for evaluating the two central facets of
Olympic Games performance: their delivery and their legacy. This framework, which I call the …