Document Type
Working Paper
Date of This Version
10-1-2006
Keywords
sports, impact analysis, mega-events
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the economics of sports mega-events as well as a review of the existing literature in the field. The paper describes why boosters’ ex ante estimates of the economic impact of large sporting events tend to exaggerate the net economic benefits of these events and surveys the results of a large number of ex post studies of exploring the true impact of mega-events.
Working Paper Number
0610
Recommended Citation
Matheson, Victor, "Mega-Events: The effect of the world’s biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies" (2006). Economics Department Working Papers. Paper 68.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/econ_working_papers/68