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The effect of the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup tournaments on German national pride. A natural experiment

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  • Freya Gassmann
  • Jan Haut
  • Eike Emrich

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Recent studies have focused on the influence of major sporting events on different areas (e.g. well-being, life satisfaction, sport-related national pride), but their effect on national pride has been investigated insufficiently. A German cross-sectional dataset (ALLBUS) that was collected during spring and fall in 2014 and 2018 was used as time series data to measure national pride among the German population during the FIFA World Cup. To detect the relevant breaks during the observation period, an interrupted time-series analysis (Linden 2015) was performed. In 2014, when the German national team won the championship, there was a small but significant increase in national pride, and, in 2018, when the German national team was eliminated in the group stage, there was a small but significant decrease in national pride. However, in the case of Germany, these effects are temporary and, thus, are not sustainable.

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  • Freya Gassmann & Jan Haut & Eike Emrich, 2020. "The effect of the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup tournaments on German national pride. A natural experiment," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(19), pages 1541-1545, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:27:y:2020:i:19:p:1541-1545
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1696448
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    1. Josh Matti & Yang Zhou, 2022. "United we feel stronger? On the Olympics and political ideology," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 271-300, December.

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