Economic Impact

Festivals 

• Estimating the Economic Impacts of Festivals and Events: a research guide, 2002 (46p. PDF) - Ben Janeczko et al, Sustainable Tourism CRC.  Download available from Sustainable Tourism Online website.
• Event impacts and legacies in Festival and Special Event Management, 4th ed. 2008, pp.62-86  - Johnny Allen et al, John Wiley & Sons.  Available for purchase from ACEM website.  Borrow from UTS Library.
• Festivals and Events: Beyond Economic Impacts - Special Issue of the journal Event Management, Vol.11, Numbers 1-2, 2008.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.)
• Innovations in measuring economic impacts of regional festivals: A do-it-yourself kit (Journal article) by J. Jackson, M. Houghton, R. Russell, and P. Triandos in Journal of Travel Research, 2005, Vol.43, No.4, pp.360-367.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue, or purchase from publisher's website.
• Reinventing Rural Places: the Extent and Impact of Festivals in Rural and Regional Australia - Festivals Project research report by Chris Gibson from the University of Wollongong.  Download from website.

Legacy

• Something for Nothing? The Legacy of Ephemeral Events (4p. PDF) - John Rose (Abstract only) in Events & Place Making (851p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2002), pp.745-747.

Methodology

• Assessing the Economic Impacts of Events: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach (Journal article) by Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, and Ray Spurr in Journal of Travel Research, Aug 2006, Vol.45, No.1, pp.59-66.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase from Publisher website.
• Estimating demand for a Special Event and the Events Contribution to a Regional Economy, 2002 (88 p. PDF) - John Madden et al, Sustainable Tourism CRC.  Download available from Sustainable Tourism Online website.
• Estimating the Economic Impact of Event Tourism: A Review of Issues and Methods (Journal article) in Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, Vol 8, Iss 4, 2007.  UTS staff and students check Library catalogue for availability.
• Estimating the Impacts of Special Events on an Economy (Journal article) by Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, and Ray Spurr in Journal of Travel Research, May 2005; Vol. 43, No.4, pp.351 - 359.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase from Publisher website.
• How to measure the economic impacts of mega-events? the example of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Roland Scherer and Simone Strauf - The example of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos shows how the direct as well as the indirect effects of events could be worked out based using spatial incidence analysis.  Download pdf document from website.
• Identifying Business Development in Event Networks: A network analysis approach (15p. PDF) - Joanne Mackellar (Conference paper) in The Impacts of Events (659p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2005), pp.99-113.
• Predicted Economic Impact Analysis of a Mega-Convention Using Multiplier Effects (Journal article) by Samuel Seongseop Kim; Ja Yeon Park, and Jinsoo Lee  in Journal of Convention and Event Tourism, Vol.11, No.1, 2010, pp.42-61.  Available to UTS staff and students via UTS Library Catalogue, or purchase from publisher's website.
• State Investment in major events: Integrating CBA with economic impact analysis (3p. PDF) - Larry Dwyer et al (Working Paper 0107) in 'Re-eventing' the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change - Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007), pp.4-6. 

Resources

• Resource Guide - The Impact of Events, 2007 (20p.PDF) - This guide from the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network, directs tutors, students and researchers to the key texts, journal articles and web-resources related to the impact of events and their interrelationships.

Sporting events

• Competitive Equestrian Sports Tourist: profile and spending at a regional event (10p. PDF) - Andrea Williams (Conference paper 1207) in 'Re-eventing' the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change - Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007).  Proceedings available to purchase from ACEM website.
• Cost and benefits of sport events tourism: The case of the Singapore Grand Prix (Journal article) in Strategic Direction, Vol.26, No.8, 2010 pp.9-11.  This study explores the outcome on the economy , society and the environment.   Available to UTS staff and students via UTS Library Catalogue, or purchase from publisher's website. 
• Economic Impact and Place Marketing Evaluation: A Case Study of the World Snooker Championship (17p. PDF) - (Journal article) in International Journal of Event Management Research, Vol 1, No 1, 2005.
• The economic impact of College sporting events: A case study of Division1-A football games (Journal article) by S. Lee, J. Harris and M. Lyberger in Event Management, Vol.14, No.2, 2010, pp.157-165.  Available to UTS staff and students via UTS Library Catalogue, or purchase from Publisher's website.   
• The Economic Impact of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games: An Update, 2002 (105p. PDF) -  InterVISTAS Consulting Inc., British Columbia.
• Economic Impact of the Rugby World Cup 2003 on the Australian Economy - Post Analysis, 2004 (131p. PDF) - URS Finance and Economics (URS) report commissioned by the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR.)   
• Economic Impact Study of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Post-event analysis (56p. PDF) - KPMG and Office of Commonwealth Games Coordination report addresses the quantitative impacts flowing from the 2006 Games and makes some general observations as to the broader qualitative aspects of the event.
• Economic and tourism expectations of the 2010 FIFA World Cup - A resident perspective (Journal article) by Jenny Briedenhann in Journal of Sport and Tourism, Vol.16, Iss.1, 2011, pp.5-32  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase via publisher's website. 
• Evaluating Socio-economic Impacts of Sport Tourism Events: Case studies from Durban, South Africa (20p. PDF) - Urmilla Bob et al (Conference paper) in The Impacts of Events (659p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2005), pp.114-133.
• Measuring Success 2 - the Economic Impact of Major Sports Events - UK Sport report examining the economic impact of major sports events since 1997.
• Mega-Sporting Events In Developing Nations: Play The Way to Prosperity (PDFs) - South African Journal of Economics, Vol.72, Issue 5, pp.1085-1096, December 2004.
• Micro Sporting Event Impacts in Regional New Zealand: The TRACE Sports Project (14p. PDF) - Simon Milne et al (Conference paper) in The Impacts of Events (659p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2005), pp.438-451.
• The Official Post Games Report of the Sydney 2000 Games, Sydney Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, 2011. 
• Olympic Costs and Benefits: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2003 (33p. PDF) Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office.   
• Olympic Games Impact Study Final report (25p. PDF) - London 2012 bid (Pricewaterhouse Coopers Dec 2005).
• A Review of Economic Impact Studies on Sporting Events - article submitted by Soonhwan Lee in The Sport Journal.

Tourism

• Evaluating Socio-economic Impacts of Sport Tourism Events: Case studies from Durban, South Africa (20p. PDF) - Urmilla Bob et al (Conference paper) in The Impacts of Events (659p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2005), pp.114-133.
• Measuring the Economic Impacts of Convention Centers & Event Tourism: A Discussion of the Key Issues (Journal article) in Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, Vol. 8 Iss. 4, 2007.  UTS staff and students check Library catalogue for availability. 
• The role of purchase decision involvement in a special event (Journal article) by David C. Bojanic and Rodney B. Warnick in Journal of Travel Research, Vol.51, No.3, May, 2012, pp.357-366.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library Catalogue, or purchase from the publisher's website.
• Sport tourism on the islands: the impact of an international mega gold event  (Journal article) in Journal of Sport Tourism, Vol.13, No.2, 2008, pp.115-133.   (Event: US PGA Korea Golf Championship)  Available to UTS Staff and Students via Library Catalogue.  Available for purchase from Informaworld publisher website.)