Edited by Wolfgang Maennig, Department of Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany and Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, US

• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Introduction: The Economics of Mega Sporting EventsWolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist 2. What is a Mega Sporting Event?Wolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist PART II: BIDDING FOR MEGA EVENTS3. Mega Sporting Event Bidding, Mechanism Design and Rent ExtractionBrad R. Humphreys and Henry van Egteren 4. The Winner’s Curse: Why is the Cost of Mega Sporting Events so Often Underestimated?Wladimir Andreff 5. Determinants of Successful Bidding for Mega Events: The Case of the Olympic Winter Games Arne Feddersen and Wolfgang Maennig 6. An Analysis of the Political Economy for Bidding for the Summer Olympic Games: Lessons from the Chicago 2016 BidRobert A. Baade and Allen R. Sanderson 7. Support For and Resistance Against Large Stadiums: The Role of Lifestyle and Other Socio-economic FactorsGabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Wolfgang Maennig and Michaela Ölschläger PART III: DESIGN OF MEGA EVENTS8. Can Mega Events Deliver Sustainability? The Case of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South AfricaAnton Cartwright 9. Stakeholder Perceptions of Short-term Marketing Tactics During the OlympicsRick Burton, Norm O’Reilly and Benoit Séguin 10. Mega Events and Local PoliticsMatthew J. Burbank, Greg Andranovich and Charles H. Heying 11. Estimating Match and World Cup Winning ProbabilitiesRuud H. Koning and Ian G. McHale12. Doping and Anti-doping MeasuresNicolas Eber 13. Explaining and Forecasting National Team Medals Totals at the Summer Olympic GamesDavid Forrest, Adams Ceballos, Ramón Flores, Ian G. McHale, Ismael Sanz and J.D. Tena PART IV: GENERAL STUDIES OF ECONOMIC IMPACT AND METHODOLOGY14. The Econometric Analysis of Willingness to Pay for Intangibles with Experience Good CharacterBernd Süssmuth 15. Economic Impact of Sports EventsPhilip K. Porter and Daniel M. Chin16. The Economic Impact, Costs and Benefits of the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games: Who Wins, Who Loses?Stefan Kesenne17. Outlook, Progress and Challenges of Stadium EvaluationGabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Georgios Kavetsos18. The BRICs: National and Urban Legacy AgendasRichard Tomlinson and Orli Bass19. Mega Events and Sports Institutional Development: The Impact of the World Cup on Football Academies in AfricaJeroen Schokkaert, Johan F.M. Swinnen and Thijs Vandemoortele 20. Economic Impact of Organizing Large Sporting EventsElmer Sterken PART V: CASE STUDIES: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEGA EVENTS 21. Tour de France: A Taxpayer Bargain Among Mega Sporting Events?Judith Grant Long 22. Labor Market Effects of the World Cup: A Sectoral AnalysisRobert Baumann, Bryan Engelhardt and Victor A. Matheson 23. Not-So-Mega EventsDennis Coates 24. Reflections on Developing the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Research AgendaKamilla Swart and Urmilla Bob 25. The Economic Impact of the Golf Majors Stephen Shmanske 26. People’s Perception of the Social Impacts of the Bejing Olympic Games Before and After 2008Yingzhi Guo, Chun Zhou and Yuansi Hou 27. The 2010 FIFA World Cup High-frequency Data Economics: Effects on International Tourism and Awareness for South AfricaStan du Plessis and Wolfgang Maennig28. For a Monsoon Wedding: Delhi and the Commonwealth GamesNalin Mehta and Boria Majumdar 29. The Case of Brazil 2014/2016Luiz Martins de Melo 30. The Employment Effects of London 2012: An Assessment in Mid-2011Dan Brown and Stefan Szymanski PART VI: CONCLUSION31. Future Challenges: Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the CostsWolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist Index

’[T]he Handbook covers the various economic aspects of large sporting events and has rightly earned its "handbook" title. Given its multi-author, chapter format, it is easy to dip in and out of without reading everything in one go. It should appeal to economists, researchers, policy makers and potential bidders.’

Edited by Wolfgang Maennig, Department of Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany and Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, US

• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Introduction: The Economics of Mega Sporting EventsWolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist 2. What is a Mega Sporting Event?Wolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist PART II: BIDDING FOR MEGA EVENTS3. Mega Sporting Event Bidding, Mechanism Design and Rent ExtractionBrad R. Humphreys and Henry van Egteren 4. The Winner’s Curse: Why is the Cost of Mega Sporting Events so Often Underestimated?Wladimir Andreff 5. Determinants of Successful Bidding for Mega Events: The Case of the Olympic Winter Games Arne Feddersen and Wolfgang Maennig 6. An Analysis of the Political Economy for Bidding for the Summer Olympic Games: Lessons from the Chicago 2016 BidRobert A. Baade and Allen R. Sanderson 7. Support For and Resistance Against Large Stadiums: The Role of Lifestyle and Other Socio-economic FactorsGabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Wolfgang Maennig and Michaela Ölschläger PART III: DESIGN OF MEGA EVENTS8. Can Mega Events Deliver Sustainability? The Case of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South AfricaAnton Cartwright 9. Stakeholder Perceptions of Short-term Marketing Tactics During the OlympicsRick Burton, Norm O’Reilly and Benoit Séguin 10. Mega Events and Local PoliticsMatthew J. Burbank, Greg Andranovich and Charles H. Heying 11. Estimating Match and World Cup Winning ProbabilitiesRuud H. Koning and Ian G. McHale12. Doping and Anti-doping MeasuresNicolas Eber 13. Explaining and Forecasting National Team Medals Totals at the Summer Olympic GamesDavid Forrest, Adams Ceballos, Ramón Flores, Ian G. McHale, Ismael Sanz and J.D. Tena PART IV: GENERAL STUDIES OF ECONOMIC IMPACT AND METHODOLOGY14. The Econometric Analysis of Willingness to Pay for Intangibles with Experience Good CharacterBernd Süssmuth 15. Economic Impact of Sports EventsPhilip K. Porter and Daniel M. Chin16. The Economic Impact, Costs and Benefits of the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games: Who Wins, Who Loses?Stefan Kesenne17. Outlook, Progress and Challenges of Stadium EvaluationGabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Georgios Kavetsos18. The BRICs: National and Urban Legacy AgendasRichard Tomlinson and Orli Bass19. Mega Events and Sports Institutional Development: The Impact of the World Cup on Football Academies in AfricaJeroen Schokkaert, Johan F.M. Swinnen and Thijs Vandemoortele 20. Economic Impact of Organizing Large Sporting EventsElmer Sterken PART V: CASE STUDIES: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEGA EVENTS 21. Tour de France: A Taxpayer Bargain Among Mega Sporting Events?Judith Grant Long 22. Labor Market Effects of the World Cup: A Sectoral AnalysisRobert Baumann, Bryan Engelhardt and Victor A. Matheson 23. Not-So-Mega EventsDennis Coates 24. Reflections on Developing the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Research AgendaKamilla Swart and Urmilla Bob 25. The Economic Impact of the Golf Majors Stephen Shmanske 26. People’s Perception of the Social Impacts of the Bejing Olympic Games Before and After 2008Yingzhi Guo, Chun Zhou and Yuansi Hou 27. The 2010 FIFA World Cup High-frequency Data Economics: Effects on International Tourism and Awareness for South AfricaStan du Plessis and Wolfgang Maennig28. For a Monsoon Wedding: Delhi and the Commonwealth GamesNalin Mehta and Boria Majumdar 29. The Case of Brazil 2014/2016Luiz Martins de Melo 30. The Employment Effects of London 2012: An Assessment in Mid-2011Dan Brown and Stefan Szymanski PART VI: CONCLUSION31. Future Challenges: Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the CostsWolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist Index

’[T]he Handbook covers the various economic aspects of large sporting events and has rightly earned its "handbook" title. Given its multi-author, chapter format, it is easy to dip in and out of without reading everything in one go. It should appeal to economists, researchers, policy makers and potential bidders.’

Edited by Wolfgang Maennig, Department of Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany and Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, US

• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Introduction: The Economics of Mega Sporting EventsWolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist 2. What is a Mega Sporting Event?Wolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist PART II: BIDDING FOR MEGA EVENTS3. Mega Sporting Event Bidding, Mechanism Design and Rent ExtractionBrad R. Humphreys and Henry van Egteren 4. The Winner’s Curse: Why is the Cost of Mega Sporting Events so Often Underestimated?Wladimir Andreff 5. Determinants of Successful Bidding for Mega Events: The Case of the Olympic Winter Games Arne Feddersen and Wolfgang Maennig 6. An Analysis of the Political Economy for Bidding for the Summer Olympic Games: Lessons from the Chicago 2016 BidRobert A. Baade and Allen R. Sanderson 7. Support For and Resistance Against Large Stadiums: The Role of Lifestyle and Other Socio-economic FactorsGabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Wolfgang Maennig and Michaela Ölschläger PART III: DESIGN OF MEGA EVENTS8. Can Mega Events Deliver Sustainability? The Case of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South AfricaAnton Cartwright 9. Stakeholder Perceptions of Short-term Marketing Tactics During the OlympicsRick Burton, Norm O’Reilly and Benoit Séguin 10. Mega Events and Local PoliticsMatthew J. Burbank, Greg Andranovich and Charles H. Heying 11. Estimating Match and World Cup Winning ProbabilitiesRuud H. Koning and Ian G. McHale12. Doping and Anti-doping MeasuresNicolas Eber 13. Explaining and Forecasting National Team Medals Totals at the Summer Olympic GamesDavid Forrest, Adams Ceballos, Ramón Flores, Ian G. McHale, Ismael Sanz and J.D. Tena PART IV: GENERAL STUDIES OF ECONOMIC IMPACT AND METHODOLOGY14. The Econometric Analysis of Willingness to Pay for Intangibles with Experience Good CharacterBernd Süssmuth 15. Economic Impact of Sports EventsPhilip K. Porter and Daniel M. Chin16. The Economic Impact, Costs and Benefits of the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games: Who Wins, Who Loses?Stefan Kesenne17. Outlook, Progress and Challenges of Stadium EvaluationGabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Georgios Kavetsos18. The BRICs: National and Urban Legacy AgendasRichard Tomlinson and Orli Bass19. Mega Events and Sports Institutional Development: The Impact of the World Cup on Football Academies in AfricaJeroen Schokkaert, Johan F.M. Swinnen and Thijs Vandemoortele 20. Economic Impact of Organizing Large Sporting EventsElmer Sterken PART V: CASE STUDIES: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEGA EVENTS 21. Tour de France: A Taxpayer Bargain Among Mega Sporting Events?Judith Grant Long 22. Labor Market Effects of the World Cup: A Sectoral AnalysisRobert Baumann, Bryan Engelhardt and Victor A. Matheson 23. Not-So-Mega EventsDennis Coates 24. Reflections on Developing the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Research AgendaKamilla Swart and Urmilla Bob 25. The Economic Impact of the Golf Majors Stephen Shmanske 26. People’s Perception of the Social Impacts of the Bejing Olympic Games Before and After 2008Yingzhi Guo, Chun Zhou and Yuansi Hou 27. The 2010 FIFA World Cup High-frequency Data Economics: Effects on International Tourism and Awareness for South AfricaStan du Plessis and Wolfgang Maennig28. For a Monsoon Wedding: Delhi and the Commonwealth GamesNalin Mehta and Boria Majumdar 29. The Case of Brazil 2014/2016Luiz Martins de Melo 30. The Employment Effects of London 2012: An Assessment in Mid-2011Dan Brown and Stefan Szymanski PART VI: CONCLUSION31. Future Challenges: Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the CostsWolfgang Maennig and Andrew Zimbalist Index

’[T]he Handbook covers the various economic aspects of large sporting events and has rightly earned its "handbook" title. Given its multi-author, chapter format, it is easy to dip in and out of without reading everything in one go. It should appeal to economists, researchers, policy makers and potential bidders.’