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Is Football an Indicator of Development at the International Level?
- Source :
- Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013.
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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 GDP per capita as well as in terms of the Human Development Index. Cross-sectional and time-series information are used. The results suggest that FIFA rankings of national teams can be used to complement our understanding of multidimensional development, in particular, in those countries where the availability of information is not as good as researchers would like.
- Subjects :
- Economic growth
Sociology and Political Science
Public economics
Moviments de massa
Social indicators
Gross domestic product
General Social Sciences
Economic indicators
Football
Gross national product
Econometric model
Futbol
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Ranking
Economic indicator
Indicadors socials
Soccer
Mass-wasting
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Per capita
Economics
Indicadors econòmics
Producte interior brut
Human Development Index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15730921 and 03038300
- Volume :
- 117
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Social Indicators Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4768a43cd94385d6d141f9b1a1d232cc