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Rugby World Cup brings buzz and bucks ...


Some figures:
$494 million in additional industry sales
$289 million in additional GDP to the Australian
economy
4,476 additional full--time jobs
Prepared for the Australian Department of Industry, Tourism and
Resources by URS Finance & Economics and the Centre for Policy
Studies.
... but Arts Festivals mean more than just money
"Externalities", spill-over effects and indicators of public
good may sometimes be more persuasive than straight economic
measures.

Snowball,JD & Antrobus,GG. "Valuing the Arts: Pitfalls in
Economic Impact Studies of Arts Festivals", South African
Journal of Economics. 2002. 70(8),1297-1319
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