Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

It has been one year since Beijing successfully hosts the 2008 Olympic Games. It needs to stress the economic impacts of the city as the Olympic effect could boost economy of Beijing a long and lasting growth. In this paper, a large number of academic articles are reviewed given a general view of th...

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Main Author: Zheng, Peng
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23137/
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description It has been one year since Beijing successfully hosts the 2008 Olympic Games. It needs to stress the economic impacts of the city as the Olympic effect could boost economy of Beijing a long and lasting growth. In this paper, a large number of academic articles are reviewed given a general view of these impacts and put insights into the economic impacts of previous host cities. Both positive and negative effects are mentioned with rich discussions. Based on the statistical data, growth trend on various economic components such as GDP, Tourism industry and employment are formed. Different time ranges could help to stress the Games effect on economic growth and the make proper assumptions on the post-Olympics changes. Further discussion arises regarding different Olympic legacies.
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spelling nottingham-231372018-02-16T19:55:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23137/ Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Zheng, Peng It has been one year since Beijing successfully hosts the 2008 Olympic Games. It needs to stress the economic impacts of the city as the Olympic effect could boost economy of Beijing a long and lasting growth. In this paper, a large number of academic articles are reviewed given a general view of these impacts and put insights into the economic impacts of previous host cities. Both positive and negative effects are mentioned with rich discussions. Based on the statistical data, growth trend on various economic components such as GDP, Tourism industry and employment are formed. Different time ranges could help to stress the Games effect on economic growth and the make proper assumptions on the post-Olympics changes. Further discussion arises regarding different Olympic legacies. 2009 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23137/1/Final_Final_lixpz2.pdf Zheng, Peng (2009) Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
title Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
title_full Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
title_fullStr Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
title_full_unstemmed Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
title_short Economic impact of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
title_sort economic impact of beijing 2008 olympic games
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23137/