olympic games reading list 1

Olympic Games- Reading List: Part one Economics, Tourism and the

Social impact of the games

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The Economics of the Games.

Barclay, Jonathan

Predicting the costs and Benefits of mega-sporting events: Misjudgement of Olympic

proportions?

Economic Affairs; Jun2009, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p62-66

Barney, Robert Knight

Wenn, Stephen R,

Martyn, Scott G.

Selling the five rings : the International Olympic Committee and the rise of Olympic

commercialism

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, 2002

https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/759605

Bernard, Andrew B.

Busse, Meghan

Who wins the Olympic games: Economic resources and medal totals.

Review of Economics & Statistics; Feb2004, Vol. 86 Issue 1, p413-417

Blake, Adam

The economic impact of the London 2012 Olympics. Discussion Paper. Tourism and

Travel Research Institute. Working paper. 2005

http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/scholarly-works/handle/2100/994

Chengli Tien

Huai-Chun Lo

Hsiou-Wei Lin

The Economic Benefits of Mega Events: A Myth or a Reality? A Longitudinal Study on the

Olympic Games.

Journal of Sport Management; Jan2011, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p11-23

Dick, Christian David

Qingwei Wang

The economic impact of the Olympic Games: evidence from stock markets.

Applied Economics Letters; Jun2010, Vol. 17 Issue 9, p861-864

Olympic Games Impact Study – London 2012

Pre-Games Report

A report compiled for the Economic & Social Research Council on behalf of

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd.,

by the University of East London and the Thames Gateway Institute for Sustainability.

2010

http://www.esrc.ac.uk/impacts-and-findings/features-casestudies/features/15278/early-

impacts-for-london-2012-games.aspx

Vulnerable Workers, Trafficking, Pornography and the Economics of Exploitation: London

2012 and beyond – ECCR Open Debate

Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR)

Event report November 2011

http://www.eccr.org.uk/Article252.html

Giesecke, James

Madden, John

Modelling the Economic Impacts of the Sydney Olympics in Retrospect - Game Over for

the Bonanza Story?

Economic Papers; Jun2011, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p218-232, 15p

Glen, John

Economic impact of the Games

Management Focus, Spring 2012, 8-9

http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/p17411/Media-Relations-

Office/Publications/Management-Focus-Magazine/Issue-32-Spring-2012

Goldman Sachs

The Olympics and Economics 2012

2012

http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/topics/global-economic-outlook/olympics-and-

economics-.pdf

Hashmi, Shabir Mohsin

Fida, Bashir Ahmad

Alhayky, Ahmed

Economic impact studies of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

China-USA Business Review; May2008, Vol. 7 Issue 5, p27-35

Huang, L.

Research on effect of Beijing post-olympic sports industry to China's economic

development

Energy Procedia, (2011) 5, pp. 2097-2102.

Kasimati, Evangelia

Economic aspects and the Summer Olympics: a review of related research.

International Journal of Tourism Research; Nov/Dec2003, Vol. 5 Issue 6, p433-444

Kasimati, Evangelia

Dawson, Peter

Assessing the impact of the 2004 Olympic Games on the Greek economy: A small

macroeconometric model.

Economic Modelling; Jan2009, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p139-146

Kirkup, Naomi

Major, Bridget

Doctoral Foundation Paper: The Reliability of Economic Impact Studies of the Olympic

Games: A Post-Games Study of Sydney 2000 and Considerations for London 2012.

Journal of Sport & Tourism; Aug2006, Vol. 11 Issue 3/4, p275-296

Lloyds Banking Group

The Economic Impact of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, 2012.

http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/pdfs/lbg/2012/Eco_impact_report.pdf

Maguire, Joseph

Butler, Katie

Barnard, Sarah

Golding, Peter

Olympism and Consumption: An Analysis of Advertising in the British Media Coverage of

the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Sociology of Sport Journal; Jun2008, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p167-186

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Press & Public Affairs. A sporting chance :

ensuring London firms benefit from the 2012 Olympic Games.

London : Press & Public Affairs, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2005


Owen, Jeffrey G.

Estimating the Cost and Benefit of Hosting Olympic Games: What Can Beijing Expect from

Its 2008 Games?

Industrial Geographer; Fall2005, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p1-18

Porter, Philip K.

Fletcher, Deborah

The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games: Ex Ante Predictions and Ex Poste Reality.

Journal of Sport Management; Jul2008, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p470-486

Payne, Michael,

Olympic turnaround : how the Olympic Games stepped back from the brink of extinction to

become the world's best known brand /

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006


Preuss, Holger.

The economics of staging the Olympics : a comparison of the Games, 1972-2008

Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2004


PricewaterhouseCoopers

Business and economic benefits of the Sydney 2000 Olympics: a collation of evidence.

New South Wales Department of State and Regional development, 2001. Available online

at http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2002/nsw/benefitssydney2000.asp

Alexander Rathke

Ulrich Woitek

Economics and the Summer Olympics

An Efficiency Analysis

Journal of Sports Economics October 2008 vol. 9 no. 5 520-537

Rose, Andrew K.

Spiegel, Mark M

The Olympic Effect.

Economic Journal; Jun2011, Vol. 121 Issue 553, p652-677

Zehndorfer, Elesa

London 2012's Financial Legacy

Case Study

https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/960fca0e-ba11-9b37-f094-85c0bcab0664/1/

Yaxiong Zhang

Kun Zhao

Impact of Beijing Olympic-related Investments on Regional Economic Growth of China:

Interregional Input–Output Approach.

Asian Economic Journal; Sep2007, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p261-28

Vigor, Anthony

Creating an Olympic legacy.

New Economy; Mar2004, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p35-39

Realising a Golden Opportunity: VISA Europe’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic

games expenditure and economic impact report: national and regional economic impacts

Visa Europe, June 2012

http://www.visaeurope.com/en/newsroom/olympics_impact_report.aspx

In addition try searching these key websites for publications on the economics of the

Olympics.

London Olympic Committee.

http://www.london2012.com/about-us/publications/

- in addition to the schedules and medal tables. There is a publications section with board

minutes, delivery guides.

The Olympic Delivery Authority was responsible for delivering the infrastructure- buildings

etc. The financial section has reports and corporate hospitality registers.

http://www.london2012.com/about-us/the-people-delivering-the-games/oda/oda-finance/

The London Assembly website http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/london-2012-olympic-

and-paralympic-games-0

has numerous publications, fact sheets and discussion of the Olympics and its legacy from

local government and the Mayor of London. see the publications.section. The London

Assembly has also produced reports. from its various committees on the olympic games

The Department for Culture Media and Sport http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-

london/the-london-assembly/publications/2012-games

has a large Olympic games section. This includes blogs,

Quarterly reports on the economics and budgets of the games.

http://www.culture.gov.uk/publications/9134.aspx

The House of Commons Culture Media and Sport committee discussed the games and

produced reports . search their website for details.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmcumeds.htm

Regional Impacts

Burbank, Matthew.

Andranovich, Gregory.

Heying, Charles H.

Olympic dreams : the impact of mega-events on local politics /

Boulder, Co. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001


Clark, Greg

Home to big ideas: the impact of major events on inward investment London 2012 and the

Thames Gateway a report for Invest Thames gateway.

http://www.investthamesgateway.com/olympics-2012/

East of England Development Agency

Economic Impact Study of the London 2012

Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Executive Summary. 2006

http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/pdf/2012%20olympics-annex-1.pdf

Jasmand, Stephanie

Maennig, Wolfgang Regional Income and Employment Effects of the 1972 Munich

Summer Olympic Games.

Regional Studies; Aug2008, Vol. 42 Issue 7, p991-1002

Northern Ireland Assembly

Potential benefits of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics for Northern Ireland

Research and information service research paper 139/11, 2011

http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/researchandlibrary/2011/13911.pdf

Social Impact of the Games

Cashman, Richard I.

The bitter-sweet awakening : the legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Petersham, N.S.W. : Walla Walla Press in conjunction with the Australian Centre for

Olympic Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, 2006


Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

Fair play for housing rights : mega-events, Olympic Games and housing rights :

opportunities for the Olympic Movement and others /

Geneva : Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2007


Davis, Hazel

A Sporting Chance: The London 2012 Olympics could

be a huge boost to many sectors of

the UK economy. But The Musician

needs to ask — will music benefit?

Musician Spring 2012

http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/uncategorized/2012/04/19/olympics/

D'agati, Philip A.

Nationalism on the world stage : cultural performance at the Olympic Games /Lanham :

University Press of America, 2011


Glynn, Mary Ann

Configuring the Field of Play: How Hosting the Olympic Games Impacts Civic Community.

Journal of Management Studies; Sep2008, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p1117-1146

Giulianotti, R., Brownell, S.

Olympic and world sport: Making transnational society?

British Journal of Sociology, (2012) 63 (2), pp. 199-215.

Gold, John Robert., Gold, Margaret M.

Olympic cities : city agendas, planning and the world's games, 1896-2016 /

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011


Hayes, Graeme

Karamichas, John

Olympic Games, mega-events and civil societies : globalization, environment, resistance

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012


Kassens-Noor, Eva.

Planning Olympic legacies : transport dreams and urban realities /

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012


Klausen, Arne Martin

Olympic games as performance and public event : the case of the XVII Winter Olympic

Games in Norway /

New York : Berghahn Books, 1999


Lenskyj, Helen., Wagg, Stephen.

The Palgrave handbook of Olympic studies /

Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012


Lenskyj, Helen.

Olympic industry resistance : challenging Olympic power and propaganda /

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2008


Local Government Association (England and Wales)

Community champions : the local government offer for the 2012 Olympic games and

paralympic games.

London : Local Government Association, 2007


Rowe, D.

The bid, the lead-up, the event and the legacy: Global cultural politics and hosting the

Olympics

British Journal of Sociology, (2012) 63 (2), pp. 285-305

Ryan-Collins, Josh

Fool's Gold- How the 2012 Olympics is selling East London short, and a 10 point plan for a

more positive local legacy. New Economics Foundation, 2008.

http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/fools-gold

Shaw, Christopher (Christopher Alden).

Five ring circus : myths and realities of the Olympic games /

Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, 2008


Shipway, Richard

Sustainable legacies for the 2012 Olympic Games

Perspectives in Public Health May 2007 vol. 127 no. 3 119-124

Toohey, Kristine.

Veal, Anthony James

The Olympic games : a social science perspective /

New York : CABI Pub., 1999


Weed, Mike

How will we know if the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics benefit health?

BMJ 2010; 340; c2202 (20th May 2010)

Tourism

Tourism Forecasting Council (Australia).

The Olympic effect : a report on the potential tourism impacts of the Sydney 2000 Games /

Canberra, ACT, Australia : The Council, 1998


Gruben, Kathleen H.

Moss, Steven E.

Moss, Janet

Do the Olympics create sustained increases in international tourism?

Journal of International Business Research; Jan2012, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p135-150, 16p, 3

Charts, 10 Graphs

Li, S.

Blake, A.

Cooper, C.

Modelling the economic impact of international tourism on the Chinese economy: A CGE

analysis of the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Tourism Economics, (2011) 17 (2), pp. 279-303

Estimating Olympic-related investment and expenditure.

Li, ShiNa

Blake, Adam

International Journal of Tourism Research; Jul/Aug2009, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p337-356

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