Olympic Proportions: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Olympics 1960-2012

By Bent Flyvbjerg, Allison Stewart. 2012

149 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Martin Müller
2. Bent Flyvbjerg
3. D. Ahiaga-Dagbui
4. Simon D. Smith

In Management Science and Operations Research

1. Martin Müller
2. Bent Flyvbjerg
3. Bert van Wee
4. T. Harland
5. Adrijana Biba Starman
6. Mario Pansera
7. Bjarne Steffen
8. R. Wood

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Martin Müller
2. Bent Flyvbjerg

Citations in the corpus

• Quality Control and Due Diligence in Project Management: Getting Decisions Right by Taking the Outside View (2013, methodology): “Thus awareness of a perceptual or cognitive illusion does not by itself produce a more accurate perception of reality, according to Kahneman and Tversky (1979b:314). Awareness may, however, enable one to identify situations in which the normal faith in one's impressions must be suspended and in whic”
• The Mega-Event Syndrome: Why So Much Goes Wrong in Mega-Event Planning and What to Do About It (2015, background): “Thus, since 1960, without exception, the Olympic Games have gone over budget, on average by 179% (Flyvbjerg & Stewart, 2012).”