Estimating the Cost and Benet of Hosting Olympic Games: What Can Beijing Expect from Its 2008 Games?

By J. Owen. 2008

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• Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications (2008, background): “The international literature reveals a growing scepticism over the extent to which hosting mega-events potentially results in economic growth or significant developmental impacts (Humphreys and Prokopowicz 2007; Whitson and Horne 2006; Owen 2005; Black and van der Westhuizen 2004; Baade and Matheson”
• Quality of Life, Event Impacts, and Mega-Event Support among South African Residents before and after the 2010 FIFA World Cup (2013, background): “The latter study also affirms previous research that discussed the potential of the Olympic Games to provide the host city with opportunities to showcase tourist attractions and new infrastructure, which indirectly signals improved QOL (Chalip 2002; McGehee and Andereck 2004; Owen 2005; Solberg and ”