Gold Mine or Bronze Bust: Analysis of the Impact of Fiscal Policy Expansion during the Olympic Games on Income Inequality

Authors

Cameron Jeffrey Gelwicks, The College of WoosterFollow

Abstract

This study examines the how a change in government expenditure during the Olympic Games impacts income inequality in a country. Using panel data dating from 1978-2016, we constructed two models, each with a different variable of interest measuring government expenditure. In the first model, there was significance found that our first measure lowered income inequality. In the second model, we found that there was no significance. The findings show that having larger government expenditure relative to the country’s GDP yielded in lower income inequality.

Advisor

Jia, Bijie

Department

Economics

Recommended Citation

Gelwicks, Cameron Jeffrey, "Gold Mine or Bronze Bust: Analysis of the Impact of Fiscal Policy Expansion during the Olympic Games on Income Inequality" (2019). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 8350.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/8350

Publication Date

2019

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis