Hosting mega-events like the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics often leads to increased wealth inequality. Denis Ivanov and Gaygysyz Ashyrov show that these events disproportionately benefit the wealthy, exacerbating the gap between rich and poor
Senior Researcher, Estonian Business School, Tallinn
Gaygysyz specialises in corruption studies, institutional economics, labour economics, and development economics.
His research has been published in academic journals such as the European Journal of Political Economy, Kyklos, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Crime, Law, and Social Change, Post-Communist Economies, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, and Knowledge Management Research & Practice.
He earned his BA from Ankara University, an MA from Tallinn University of Technology, and a PhD from the University of Tartu.
Prior to his current role, he served as a Researcher and Programme Manager for the BBA program at the University of Tartu.
He is an active member of the Estonian Economic Association and the Baltic Economic Association.
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