We document that US IPOs that take place during a world cup in football (soccer), compared to IPOs before or after …, exhibit 9% lower underpricing and 6% lower price adjustment. IPOs during world cups receive less attention from foreign …, and to using various matched samples of non-world cup IPOs. Firm characteristics of world cup IPOs are indistinguishable …

In this paper we analyze the impact of hosting the FIFA Soccer World Cup on GDP per capita in a worldwide sample of …, support the general claim that World Cups are not statistically associated to development and economic growth …

We study the stock market impact of one physiological factor, sleeplessness due to watching World Cup games overnight …

priorities on cities and citizens. It illustrates how event seizure plays out in the preparations for the Football World Cup 2018 … in Russia, which is on course to become the most expensive World Cup ever with a total cost of about USD 20 billion. The …

Indictments of top FIFA officials by the Department of Justice and ongoing investigations into corruption in the World … Cup bidding process have intensified speculation about whether FIFA will strip the 2022 World Cup from the host Qatar … Football Association (“QFA”) and instead award it to the No. 2 bidder, the United States Soccer Federation (“USSF”). FIFA …

This paper examines long-term developments in stadium attendance in professional football in the Netherlands. As in … football matches. …