Is football an indicator of development at the international level?

Robert Gásquez and Vicente Royuela

No 275, Working Papers in Economics from Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine whether football can be considered an indicator of development at the international level. An empirical econometric model is designed in order to analyse development in terms of both levels of GDP per capita and GDP growth. Cross-sectional and time series information is used. The results suggest that FIFA rankings of national teams can be used to complement our understanding of multidimensional development in those countries where the availability of information is not as good as researchers would like.

JEL-codes: C23 L83 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2012
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