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The host with the most?

the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness

CEP discussion paper no 1441

Dolan, P., Kavetsos, G., Krekel, C., Mavridis, D., Metcalfe, R., Senik, C., ... Ziebarth, N.R. (2016). The host with the most?: the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness, CEP discussion paper no 1441. London: Centre for Economic Performance.

The authors show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom to the fourth income decile. But they do not last very long: the effects are gone within a year. These conclusions are based on a novel panel survey of 26,000 individuals who were interviewed during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013, i.e. before, during, and after the event. The results are robust to selection into the survey and to the number of medals won. This paper was produced as part of the Centre’s Wellbeing Programme. The Centre for Economic Performance is financed by the Economic and Social Research Council.

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Paul Dolan
Georgios Kavetsos
Christian Krekel
Dimitris Mavridis
Robert Metcalfe
Claudia Senik
Stefan Szymanski
Nicolas Ziebarth

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