The view from the Olympic finish line: Assessing the impact of the

The view from the Olympic finish line: Assessing the impact of the Paris Games

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The athletes have crossed the finish line of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. Now economists are trying their best to accurately assess the economic impact of this global event on the city and on France. Our guest, Wladimir Andreff, is one of them. He is a specialist of sports economics and a professor emeritus at the university of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne.

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