{"title":"Does the FIFA World Cup Boost Economies Around the World? – An Empirical Analysis","authors":"M. Fett","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3836066","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Is the FIFA World Cup a tool for economic development? Should developing countries vie to host it for any price? This article studies if it makes a difference to economic growth whether a developing country hosts the event. The World Cups 1962 – 2018 are investigated, looking at the first and second wave of developing countries hosting the tournament. Peer-reviewed literature has focused on South Africa and Brazil recently as examples for empty economic promises. This study not only verifies these observations, but further displays a significant positive economic effect of +0.6 percent for developed countries, while the developing countries experience a decrease of their economic growth rate by 0.9 percent. This further indicates that emerging markets should not use mega-sport events to achieve politico-economic agendas.","PeriodicalId":351715,"journal":{"name":"GeographyRN: Cultural Geography (Topic)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"GeographyRN: Cultural Geography (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3836066","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Is the FIFA World Cup a tool for economic development? Should developing countries vie to host it for any price? This article studies if it makes a difference to economic growth whether a developing country hosts the event. The World Cups 1962 – 2018 are investigated, looking at the first and second wave of developing countries hosting the tournament. Peer-reviewed literature has focused on South Africa and Brazil recently as examples for empty economic promises. This study not only verifies these observations, but further displays a significant positive economic effect of +0.6 percent for developed countries, while the developing countries experience a decrease of their economic growth rate by 0.9 percent. This further indicates that emerging markets should not use mega-sport events to achieve politico-economic agendas.