Is There a Euro Effect in European Football?

Dilger, Alexander; Hickfang, Michael

Working paper | Peer reviewed

Abstract

We analyse whether the creation of the eurozone and the euro crisis had an effect on the sportive performance of professional football teams in European nations. We find a significantly positive sign of membership in the eurozone on UEFA points. However, this positive finding is not robust over time and disappears in models with more covariates. It is probably a size effect but at least the adoption of the euro brought no disadvantages in football.

Details about the publication

PublisherDilger, Alexander
Place of publicationMünster
Title of seriesDiskussionspapier des Instituts für Organisationsökonomik (ISSN: 2750-4476)
Volume of series2/2022
StatusPublished
Release year2022
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
Link to the full texthttps://www.wiwi.uni-muenster.de/io/en/research/downloads/DP-IO_02_2022
KeywordsEuro; Euro Crisis; Eurozone; Football; Performance; Soccer; UEFA

Authors from the University of Münster

Dilger, Alexander
Institute for Organisational Economics (IO)
Hickfang, Michael
Institute for Organisational Economics (IO)