Why are we so good at football, and they so bad? Institutions and national footballing performance
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- Meshael Batarfi & James Reade, 2021. "Why are We So Good At Football, and They So Bad? Institutions and National Footballing Performance," De Economist, Springer, vol. 169(1), pages 63-80, February.
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Development; contests; sport;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
- L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-SPO-2020-07-20 (Sports & Economics)
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