Estimating the economic impact of mega events


The course offers an introduction to the economic impact estimation of mega events. It presents different methods of evaluation and some of the results given by their application, highlighting pros and cons of each one.


Frequenza e Attestati

Frequenza
GRATUITO!
Attestato di Partecipazione
GRATUITO!

Categoria

Scienze Sociali

Ore di Formazione

9

Livello

Base

Modalità Corso

Tutoraggio

Lingua

English

Durata

4 Settimane

Tipologia

Online

Stato del Corso

Archiviato

Avvio Iscrizioni

20 Apr 2018

Apertura Corso

7 Mag 2018

Inizio Tutoraggio

7 Mag 2018

Fine Tutoraggio

17 Giu 2018

Tutoraggio Soft

18 Giu 2018

Chiusura Corso

15 Lug 2018
The participants will acquire the basic knowledge:
  • to estimate rigorously and without distortion the forecastable impact of a mega event (Olympics, Expo or similar); 
  • to evaluate the validity of estimates produced by others.
The basic requisite is intellectual curiosity and rigour. Apart from this there are no requisite expect for a lecture where the basic mathematics of Input-output model are exposed (requirement: basic matrix algebra, convergence of series). This section is optional; the final certificate will indicate whether you also validated this section.

Althues, S., & Maier, H. (2002). Exhibition "EXPO 2000" in Hanover/Germany in 2000 Impact on Regional Economy based on German Input-Output Tables a priori and a posteriori. Fourteenth International Conference on Input-Output Techniques. Montréal, Canada

Baaijens SR, Nijkamp P, van Montfoort K. (1997) Explanatory meta-analysis of tourist income multipliers an application of comparative research to island economies. J Policy Model 22(7): 821–858

Dwyer. (2006). Assessing the economic impact of events: a Computable General Equilibrium model. Journal of travel research, 45-59.

Fourie, J., & Santana-Gallego, M. (2011). The impact of mega-sport events on tourist arrivals. Tourism Management, 1364-1370

Jakobsen, J., Solberg, H. A., Halvorsen, T., & Jakobsen, T. G. (2012). Fool's gold: major sport events and foreign direct investment. International Journal of Sport, 1-18.

Matheson, V. A. (2008). Mega-events: The effect of the world's biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies. In D. Howard, & B. Humphreys, The Business of Sports, Vol. 1 (p. 81-99). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Rose, & Spiegel. (2010). the Olympic Effects

McHugh, D. (2006). A Cost-Benefit Analysis of an Olympic Games. Kingston, Canada: Queen’s Economics Department.


The course has 4 Sections provided with video lectures, forum for discussion and progressive tests to verify your improvements.

You can have the Certificate of Attendance after watching all video lectures and answering at least 7 questions out of 10 of each test correctly (you can retry each answer twice).