United we feel stronger? On the Olympics and political ideology

Josh Matti () and Yang Zhou ()
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Josh Matti: Georgia Gwinnett College, School of Business
Yang Zhou: University of North Texas, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Economics of Governance, 2022, vol. 23, issue 3, No 5, 300 pages

Abstract: Abstract Collective ideologies are a feature of the Olympic Games as individual athletes represent entire nations. Prior research has explored one dimension of Olympic ideology, finding a link between national pride and hosting the Olympics. This paper extends the literature by considering a wider variety of ideological indicators, including willingness to fight for country, confidence in government, and beliefs about different political systems. The results using a series of global surveys across several decades suggest that success at the Olympics and hosting of the Olympics does not guarantee greater citizen support or government legitimacy. Performance in the Summer Olympics has no consistent effect on the ideological views of survey respondents. In terms of hosting the Summer Olympics, host nations experience an increase in willingness to fight but a decrease in government confidence. These effects vary based upon the level of democratic quality of the host nations.

Keywords: Sports; Ideology; Politics; Olympics; World value survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I38 Z20 Z28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s10101-022-00265-2

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