Underestimated costs and overestimated benefits? Comparing the outcomes of sports mega-events in Canada and Japan

Sociological Review

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 73-89

  Whitson, David ^a   Horne, John ^a  

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EID: 33748289472     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954x.2006.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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