Exports and olympic games: Is there a signal effect?

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Rose & Spiegel (2011) find that Olympic Games host countries experience significant positive, lasting effects on exports. They interpret their results as an indication that countries use the hosting of such events to signal openness and competitiveness. We challenge these empirical findings on the grounds that a comparison of structurally different and non-matching groups of countries might suffer from a selection bias. We demonstrate that with an appropriate matching and treatment methodology, the significant Olympic effect disappears.

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• ISBN: 978-3-940369-99-4
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions ; No. 42

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
• Subject: export ; Olympic Games ; international trade ; treatment ; matching

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Maennig, Wolfgang ; Richter, Felix
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Chair for Economic Policy
• (where): Hamburg
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/93228