57 research outputs found
Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the “Dying Seconds” of International Football Matches
This paper investigates whether there are country-specific characteristics in goalscoring in the final stage of important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full `A' international matches of six national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European Championship and World Cup and the matches at the final tournaments of these two events, the Copa America and the Confederations Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national teams to score in the last minute { including stoppage time. However, for Germans this comes at a cost. Germany is more likely to concede a goal in the dying seconds of a match than other countries. During our period of analysis, the national teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms the other five countries.football;goal-scoring;national team matches;full `A' international matches
Financial integration and fiscal policy in interdependent two-sector economies with real and nominal wage rigidity
Economic Integration;Models;econometrics
The twin-debt problem in an interdependent world
Government Expenditure;External Debt;monetary economics
Commercial integration and fiscal policy in interdependent, financially integrated two-sector economies with real and nominal wage rigidity
Macroeconomic Models;Economic Integration;international economics
Aspects of goods market integration: A two-country-two-sector analysis
Economic Integration;Fiscal Policy;Models
In-Season Head-Coach Dismissals and the Performance of Professional Football Teams
This paper studies the causes and consequences of in-season changes of the headcoach of association football teams. We exploit data from the highest level of Dutch professional football during 14 successive seasons. An in-season change of the head-coach depends on recent match results and the difference between actual results and expectations as measured using bookmaker data. We find that, after the head-coach has been replaced, teams perform better than before. However, the performance is also better than before for a control group of coach replacements that did not occur. From this we conclude that replacement of head-coaches does not improve team performance
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