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

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Kasimati, Evangelia ^a,b   Dawson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Hellenic Institute for Training and Research (ELINEPE)   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Forecasting; Greece; Macroeconometric model; Major sporting events; Olympic Games

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449117536     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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