Georgios Kavetsos
Biographic Data
| ID | 309408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georgios Kavetsos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georgios |
| FAMILY NAME | Kavetsos |
| SIGNATURE | KAVETSOS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5314-0555 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Not as bad as I thought: Economic attitudes and motivated reasoning in coalition governments
Two prominent mechanisms have been advanced to explain the effects of election outcomes on economic attitudes/perceptions: partisan competence attribution, based on voters' genuine belief of an elected party's competence; and partisan motivated reasoning, where voters change their economic attitudes so as to remain consistent with their past behavior/view. To date, these two mechanisms have not been considered jointly. We draw on a unique, closel…
Passing on the flame: Do mega sports events promote health behaviours
To justify billion-dollar public expenditures on mega sports events, proponents often suggest lasting improvements in health behaviours among the general public. To estimate the returns to health behaviours from hosting the 2012 London Olympics, we collected panel data on more than 19,000 respondents across two European capitals, London and Paris, between 2011 and 2013. Using a difference-in-differences design with Paris as counterfactual, we fin…
Better the devil you know: Are stated preferences over health and happiness determined by how healthy and happy people are
Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data
The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? We find that measures of subjective well-being are more than twice as sensitive to negative as compared to positive economic growth. We use Gallup World Poll data from over 150 countries, BRFSS data on 2.3 million US respondents, and Eurobarometer data that cover multiple business cycles over four decades. This research provides a new perspective on the welfare cost …
The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness
In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers
The Happiness Workout
Technological affluence and subjective well-being
National Pride: War Minus the Shooting
National well-being and international sports events
National well-being and international sports events
Technological affluence and subjective well-being
National Pride: War Minus the Shooting
The Happiness Workout
In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers
The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness
The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? We find that measures of subjective well-being are more than twice as sensitive to negative as compared to positive economic growth. We use Gallup World Poll data from over 150 countries, BRFSS data on 2.3 million US respondents, and Eurobarometer data that cover multiple business cycles over four decades. This research provides a new perspective on the welfare cost …
Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data
Better the devil you know: Are stated preferences over health and happiness determined by how healthy and happy people are
Not as bad as I thought: Economic attitudes and motivated reasoning in coalition governments
Two prominent mechanisms have been advanced to explain the effects of election outcomes on economic attitudes/perceptions: partisan competence attribution, based on voters' genuine belief of an elected party's competence; and partisan motivated reasoning, where voters change their economic attitudes so as to remain consistent with their past behavior/view. To date, these two mechanisms have not been considered jointly. We draw on a unique, closel…
Passing on the flame: Do mega sports events promote health behaviours
To justify billion-dollar public expenditures on mega sports events, proponents often suggest lasting improvements in health behaviours among the general public. To estimate the returns to health behaviours from hosting the 2012 London Olympics, we collected panel data on more than 19,000 respondents across two European capitals, London and Paris, between 2011 and 2013. Using a difference-in-differences design with Paris as counterfactual, we fin…
Economics (10 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (6 works) · Happiness (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works)