Why costs overrun: Risk, optimism and uncertainty in budgeting for the London 2012 Olympic Games

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 455-462

  Jennings, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost overruns; mega events; Olympics; optimism bias; risk

Indexed keywords

BUDGET FORECASTS; COST OVERRUNS; INITIAL STAGES; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; MEGA-EVENTS; OLYMPIC GAMES; OLYMPICS; OPTIMISM BIAS;

COST ESTIMATING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

COST; OLYMPIC GAMES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861873624     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.668200     Document Type: Article

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