Corruption in the Bidding, Construction, and Organization of Mega-Events: An Analysis of the Olympics and World Cup

Victor Matheson, Daniel Schwab () and Patrick Koval
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Daniel Schwab: Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross

No 1706, Working Papers from College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics

Abstract: In the processes required to host a sports mega-event, corruption has been prevalent on numerous occasions, leading to unnecessary costs becoming the ultimate responsibility of a host government�s taxpayers. Little progress has been made in the prevention of such behavior. In this chapter, we examine the history of corruption in sports mega-events, namely the Olympics and World Cup, to identify parts of the bidding and preparation processes that are vulnerable to illicit behavior. We propose potential solutions to be implemented at various levels in order to prevent further corruption.

Keywords: World Cup; Olynpics; sports; corruption; FIFA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 L83 Z23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2017-08
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Published in The Palgrave Handbook on the Economics of Manipulation in Professional Sports, Markus Breuer and David Forrest, eds., (New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2018), Pages 257-278.

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