Explaining International Soccer Rankings

Peter Macmillan and Ian Smith

No 612, CRIEFF Discussion Papers from Centre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance and the Firm

Abstract: Existing research on the determinants of FIFA’s international soccer rankings suffers from serious statistical problems, particularly sample selection bias and non normal errors. We correct for this by extending the data set by an additional 100 countries. Furthermore, we find important roles for new variables in the form of the size of population and a long history of international soccer in explaining world football rankings. We also investigate the determinants of an alternative ranking measure to that constructed by FIFA.

Keywords: international football rankings; history. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F0 H50 L83 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-12
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