Economic Impacts of the 1996 Arctic Winter Games

• Main Author: Hill, Pershing
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. 1996
• Subjects: Arctic Winter Games; Eagle River; employment; estimates; regional income; spending; volunteer time; indirect effects; Anchorage; Arctic; Baffin Island; Magadan; Northwest Territories; Baffin; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12431

The fourteenth Arctic Winter Games (AWG) were held in Eagle River, Alaska in March 1996. It marked the first time in their 26-year history that the AWG had been held in Southcentral Alaska. This study estimates the impact of the games on the regional economy. The direct initial increase in spending...