Wage and Employment Effects of the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 Reconsidered

Arne Feddersen and Wolfgang Maennig

No 25, Working Papers from Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg

Abstract: We estimate the economic effects of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Our difference in difference model checks for serial correlation and allows for a simultaneous test of level and trend effects, but otherwise follows HOTCHKISS, MOORE, & ZOBAY (2003) in this journal. We were not able to reconfirm their finding that the Games had significant positive employment effects. We do, however, reaffirm their result of no significant wage effects.

Keywords: Olympic Games; Sports Economics; Mega Events (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H54 L83 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2009-05
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Published in Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions, Issue 25, 2009

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