Table 3 Ex-ante and post effects on Olympic host countries.

From: The less obvious effect of hosting the Olympics on sporting performance

 

Baseline model

Extended model

Total

Men

Women

Total

Men

Women

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Main

OG96

0.544***

0.566**

0.208

0.0207

0.102

 − 0.390

(0.191)

(0.277)

(0.389)

(0.196)

(0.280)

(0.395)

OG00

0.476***

0.294

0.646***

0.361**

0.165

0.555**

(0.182)

(0.267)

(0.219)

(0.176)

(0.253)

(0.217)

OG04

0.273

0.311

0.319

0.384

0.360

0.531

(0.262)

(0.263)

(0.411)

(0.254)

(0.264)

(0.400)

OG08

0.459**

0.291

0.737***

0.101

0.0203

0.335

(0.206)

(0.308)

(0.241)

(0.185)

(0.274)

(0.237)

OG12

0.759***

0.694***

0.601**

0.577***

0.546**

0.389*

(0.195)

(0.220)

(0.239)

(0.188)

(0.214)

(0.228)

OG16

0.310

0.767***

 − 0.167

0.362

0.801***

 − 0.0877

(0.242)

(0.278)

(0.433)

(0.247)

(0.288)

(0.437)

OG20

0.496**

0.457*

0.364

0.114

0.119

 − 0.0241

(0.242)

(0.253)

(0.326)

(0.228)

(0.238)

(0.302)

Pre96

0.244

 − 0.0614

0.610**

0.181

 − 0.132

0.552*

(0.235)

(0.377)

(0.284)

(0.225)

(0.346)

(0.283)

Pre00

0.347

0.454

0.235

0.446

0.500

0.431

(0.332)

(0.324)

(0.428)

(0.331)

(0.328)

(0.419)

Pre04

 − 0.295

 − 0.723*

0.00501

 − 0.454*

 − 0.761**

 − 0.199

(0.295)

(0.438)

(0.238)

(0.246)

(0.352)

(0.227)

Pre08

0.205

 − 0.184

0.784**

0.0678

 − 0.265

0.551*

(0.256)

(0.246)

(0.317)

(0.234)

(0.229)

(0.310)

Pre12

0.331

0.597**

0.296

0.387

0.630**

0.360

(0.247)

(0.247)

(0.377)

(0.252)

(0.254)

(0.382)

Pre16

0.306

0.435

 − 0.000362

 − 0.100

0.0910

 − 0.378

(0.307)

(0.328)

(0.429)

(0.289)

(0.297)

(0.399)

Pre20

0.00174

 − 0.0542

0.0951

 − 0.169

 − 0.199

 − 0.106

(0.198)

(0.224)

(0.274)

(0.190)

(0.213)

(0.279)

Post96

0.626**

0.754**

0.638

0.499*

0.604*

0.551

(0.282)

(0.329)

(0.460)

(0.280)

(0.325)

(0.463)

Post00

0.375*

0.0839

0.273

 − 0.189

 − 0.411

 − 0.359

(0.208)

(0.323)

(0.343)

(0.212)

(0.327)

(0.350)

Post04

0.301

0.383

0.434

0.233

0.275

0.386

(0.268)

(0.319)

(0.295)

(0.272)

(0.310)

(0.307)

Post08

 − 0.953*

 − 0.821

 − 1.139

 − 0.886*

 − 0.805

 − 0.971

(0.512)

(0.658)

(0.987)

(0.516)

(0.654)

(1.002)

Post12

0.323

0.499

0.441**

 − 0.139

0.0635

 − 0.0952

(0.232)

(0.355)

(0.222)

(0.213)

(0.328)

(0.219)

Post16

0.975***

1.121***

0.745***

0.778***

0.950***

0.532**

(0.196)

(0.236)

(0.229)

(0.192)

(0.235)

(0.221)

Post20

0.375*

0.454*

0.593*

0.464**

0.546**

0.692**

(0.208)

(0.261)

(0.347)

(0.204)

(0.252)

(0.349)

AM

0.716***

1.212***

1.249***

0.596***

1.049***

1.103***

(0.0296)

(0.0507)

(0.0666)

(0.0258)

(0.0518)

(0.0569)

lnGDPpc

   

0.416***

0.355***

0.468***

   

(0.0243)

(0.0253)

(0.0323)

lnPOP

   

0.178***

0.130***

0.227***

   

(0.0162)

(0.0198)

(0.0231)

Communist bloc

   

0.696***

0.616***

0.743***

   

(0.0508)

(0.0593)

(0.0722)

OG FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sport FE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Constant

 − 1.911***

 − 2.364***

 − 2.821***

 − 9.016***

 − 8.062***

 − 11.35***

(0.134)

(0.156)

(0.206)

(0.444)

(0.500)

(0.608)

Inflate

lnGDPpc

 − 1.244***

 − 1.323***

 − 1.272***

 − 0.209

0.501

 − 1.060***

(0.115)

(0.187)

(0.154)

(0.671)

(1.140)

(0.391)

lnPOP

 − 1.190***

 − 1.443***

 − 1.259***

 − 1.319***

 − 1.542***

 − 1.371***

(0.0984)

(0.190)

(0.127)

(0.140)

(0.250)

(0.247)

Constant

27.85***

31.38***

30.19***

18.51**

14.16

27.89***

(2.041)

(3.541)

(2.764)

(7.788)

(10.17)

(6.610)

Observations

12,957

12,957

12,957

12,957

12,957

12,957

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses.
  2. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.