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High Life – New Empirical Evidence on the Economic Boost of the FIFA World Cup
Fett, Matthias - 2021
Does the FIFA World Cup boost the economy? Can a host country capitalise on a ‘high life’? The following paper develops, besides a valid econometric analysis, the factor ϕ for World Cup-specific effects on GDP per capita growth.This econometric approach uses multiple regression models....
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Female presence on corporate boards: a multi-country study of environmental context
Terjesen, Siri - 2008
A growing body of ethics research investigates gender diversity and governance on corporate boards, at individual and firm levels, in single country studies. In this study, we explore the environmental context of female representation on corporate boards of directors, using data from forty-three...
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CEO investment cycles
Pan, Yihui; Wang, Tracy Yue; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2013
This paper documents the existence of a CEO Investment Cycle, in which disinvestment decreases over CEO tenure while investment increases, leading to “cyclical” firm growth in assets as well as in employment. The estimated variation in investment rate over the CEO cycle is of the same order...
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Trust and Cross-Cultural Dissimilarities in Corporate Environment
Rajagopal, Dr; Rajagopal, Ananya - 2006
Latin American corporate executives are faced with a serious problem the low trust and peer confidence. The factors of criticism at workplace, increased corporate controls, and growing expectations for improved performance and accountability have accompanied this decline in trust. Traditional...
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The effect of gender equality on international soccer performance
Bredtmann, Julia; Crede, Carsten J.; Otten, Sebastian - 2014
national soccer team within a country to identify the causal impact of gender equality on women’s soccer performance. In … success of male and female national soccer teams. Our results reveal that differences in male and female labor force … participation rates and life expectancies are able to explain the international soccer performance of female teams, but not that of …
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The effect of changing the status of sports clubs : from association to the company
Theiri, Saliha; Medabesh, Ali; Ati, Abdessatar - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 1, pp. 127-149
The ultimate goal of this study is to assess the role of intensive stock market listing of sports clubs as a source of funding. Precisely, it focuses on the effect of changing of the legal form of the clubs to a company. The sample covers the period of the sporting season form 2004-2005 to...
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Reclaiming Economic Legacy : One Legal Strategy for a 2022 FIFA World Cup USA
Todd, Jeff - 2016
Football Association (“QFA”) and instead award it to the No. 2 bidder, the United States Soccer Federation (“USSF”). FIFA … Major League Soccer will be harmed by losing the economic legacy of the World Cup …
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The 2010 World Cup high-frequency data economics : effects on international awareness and (self-defeating) tourism
Du Plessis, Stan; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2010
Without a doubt, the 2010 World Cup of soccer in South Africa was a great experience for both soccer fans, who enjoyed …
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Sports Betting Has an Equal Sovereignty Problem
Rodenberg, Ryan M. - 2017
We find PASPA's partial and non-uniform ban on state-sponsored sports wagering to run afoul of the equal sovereignty doctrine's general constraints as set forth in Shelby County and Northwest Austin. PASPA also fails equal sovereignty scrutiny for two other narrower reasons. First, for a law...
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When Drains and Gains Coincide : Migration and International Football Performance
Berlinschi, Ruxanda; Schokkaert, Jeroen; Swinnen, Johan … - 2012
We analyze the effects of football player migration to foreign leagues on the performance of their home country national teams. We provide a theoretical model predicting a positive effect of migration on international football performance due to superior skills acquired by players choosing to...
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