w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Level .c rs om 9708/41 ECONOMICS Paper 4 Data Response and Essays (Supplement) Additional Materials: * 3 2 7 9 8 8 3 0 9 5 * October/November 2012 2 hours 15 minutes Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name
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international sporting event‚ there is always the possibility that revenue will not exceed expenses. How would you respond to a local group that would rather have the city’s money spent on social programs? When a city is preparing a bid to host an international sporting event‚ some parts of the community will argue that the taxpayer’s money should be invested into social programs that will benefit the community‚ rather than into sporting events. It is a valid argument that hosting an international
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As the sporting events are becoming popular worldwide‚ a high competition among the countries to host such events has been noted. This clearly hints us of the benefits a country can get by hosting international sporting events. A country can boost its economy through the rise of trade and advertisement during such sporting events. In the meantime‚ the country gets an opportunity to display its culture and hospitality to the world which‚ in turn‚ will boost its tourism industry. However‚ the host
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The campaign to host a World Cup‚ the largest event in professional soccer‚ is intense‚ with dozens of countries vying for the quadrennial tournament. In 2010‚ the games were hosted by South Africa. While there are a number of advantages to hosting the games‚ such as publicity for the host country and increased revenue from tourists‚ there are also a number of potential disadvantages. Expense Hosting the World Cup costs the host country an enormous amount of money. For the 2010 tournament‚ the
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Hosting major Sports Events: Hidden Costs and Policy Dilemma The recent wave of protests in Brazil may have started with transport issues but it was soon clear that even that most prized cultural asset‚ football‚ was drawn into the mix of factors provoking the rioters. The country was playing host to a select number of foreign teams playing a pre-World Cup test event called the Confederations Cup. It was the rising costs of hosting the former‚ which was seen as less important than other social issues
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This is going to be my first Volley Ball Tryout. So I am quite excited about it and I got a feeling that this is going to be my best and memorable sporting event ever. So I started from home‚ very frantic. Six long hours after departing Hotchkiss‚ we finally reached our destination. We pulled into the parking lot of the Super 8 just off Interstate 76 in Sterling‚ Colorado. Since I had been to this hotel on a previous trip to Sterling‚ I began wishing I had brought my swimsuit along. Mom and dad
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international sporting event. Others believe that international sporting events bring more problems than benefits. Discuss both views and state your opinion. There is frequently great competition to host international sporting events. Not everyone‚ however‚ believes that the price involved in hosting such events is worthwhile. For me‚ this is an understandable point of view and perhaps not every country should try and stage international sporting events. The major argument against hosting international
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crowds at any event attract violence and hooligans but it does need to be prevented at all costs. Sport crowds can turn violent for a number of reasons. The crowds are very passionate and devoted to the sport. Drugs and alcohol can play a big part. Some occasions the referees can judge wrong which causes a lot of conflict. The equation of all these factors can equal unhappy crowds‚ which sadly leads to violence. Misbehaving and violence happens at every major event. Sporting events is not the
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truly one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Host countries invest huge amounts of resources to organize and build infrastructures. Such countries surely are expecting gains in return for the huge investments they made. However‚ past experiences show that the chance of receiving economic benefits from hosting either the World Cup or the Olympics is surprisingly little (Maennig & Plessis‚ 2007). Despite this fact countries still want to host international sports events. This is because in assessing
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