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Does the World Cup get the economic ball rolling? Evidence from a synthetic control approach

In this paper we analyze the impact of ho sting the FIFA Soccer World Cup on GDP per capita in a worldwide sample of countries using the synthetic control method.

Natural disasters, economic growth and spatial spillovers - Evidence from a flash flood in Brazil

In this paper, a flash flood that occurred in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina in 2008 is used to investigate the existence of spatial spillovers from natural disasters in geographically‐linked areas.