Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/301200 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions No. 77
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Chair for Economic Policy, Hamburg
Abstract: 
We analyze whether the Olympic Games contribute to a process of democratization in the awarded country, as postulated in the cases of the 2008 and 2014 Olympics, controlling for endogeneity issues that may arise if the decision to award host status by the International Olympic Committee is affected by democratization in the bidding countries. Building on a broad-spectrum model of concepts and variables of democratization, we cannot reject the hypotheses that the Olympics have no effect on the democratization trajectories of host countries, neither positively nor negatively. We check for robustness of our results via a bundle of DiD and SCM methods and a number of alternative specifications. The one-off event of the Olympic Games, although they attract considerable international attention, does not seem to be able to lead to lasting changes in democratization.
Subjects: 
Olympic Games
mega event
democracy
JEL: 
Z20
F59
C22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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