Viana, Jorge H. N.; Barbosa, Antonio Vinicius; Sampaio, … - In: EconomiA 19 (2018) 3, pp. 330-349
In this paper we analyze the impact of hosting the FIFA Soccer World Cup on GDP per capita in a worldwide sample of countries using a transparent statistical methodology for data-driven case studies - the synthetic control method. Using country level annual-data covering all events occurring in...