Despite lofty ambitions, Olympic host cities often have seen disappointing economic-development results from the Summer Games.

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Olympic budgets submitted by prospective host cities fall into three categories.

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There is little data on the economic impact on Olympic cities, but Mr Baade studied what the 1994 soccer World Cup did to its nine American host cities.

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