World Cup Win Could Be an Economic Boon for Argentina
- Recent champions have enjoyed small GDP boost after victory
- Research shows higher visibility helps to increase exports
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Argentina is better placed than France to reap the economic benefit that typically comes from winning the World Cup, according to an academic who’s studied the historical record.
Football’s world champion tends to enjoy an extra 0.25 percentage point of economic growth in the two quarters following the tournament, according to a recent paper by Marco Mello at the University of Surrey in the UK.