National prestige from sports victories provides measurable economic benefits to the country
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Empirical research examining the economic impact of sports match victories on financial markets finds that such outcomes have no statistically significant effect on stock market returns.
<h4>Introduction</h4>This study examines the impact of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 on the competitive balance of the Saudi Professional League (SPL), focusing on how the entry of public investment funds (PIF) into club ownership has transformed the league's structure.<h4>Methods</h4>Competitive balance is measured using the Herfindahl Index of Competitive Balance (HICB), which captures the degree of concentration in the distribution of league points across ten seasons (2014/15-2023/24).<h4>Results</h4>Results indicate that the SPL's growth has been accompanied by greater imbalance between clubs, reducing competitive uncertainty and, potentially, spectator appeal. The main issue is not the inflow of capital or foreign players per se, but their concentration in a small number of teams.<h4>Discussion</h4>Despite the deterioration in competitive balance, driven by widening financial disparities between a small group of clubs and the rest, the SPL has significantly increased its international visibility. This pattern appears consistent with the priorities of Vision 2030 to enhance the national brand image and soft power, although it may delay progress towards financial sustainability at the league level. At the same time, football can amplify the visibility and agency of local communities by creating spaces for participation and inclusion, suggesting that targeted grassroots initiatives could help translate international profile into durable domestic support. While debates about "sportswashing" persist, the broader policy intent of Vision 2030 aligns with the UN's 2030 Agenda emphasis on diversification. Ultimately, any durable impact should be assessed against measurable future social and economic outcomes.
This study examines whether the outcomes of Twenty20 (T20) international cricket matches played by Pakistan influence stock market performance, focusing on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100 Index. Grounded in behavioural finance theory, the research explores the notion that investor sentiment shaped by emotionally charged national sporting events may spill over into financial decision-making. Using secondary data on Pakistan’s T20 matches and daily KSE-100 index returns covering the period from 2006 to 2024, the study applies a dummy regression methodology to capture the effects of match wins and losses on subsequent stock market returns. Match outcomes are represented through binary variables, while stock returns are computed using logarithmic daily index changes. Descriptive statistics and regression results reveal that although Pakistan’s T20 victories and defeats generate observable emotional reactions among the public, their direct impact on stock market returns is statistically insignificant. Both winning and losing coefficients are found to be positive but insignificant, leading to acceptance of the null hypothesis that T20 match results do not materially affect KSE-100 returns. The findings suggest that the short duration of the T20 format, market holidays, timing of matches, and rapid dissipation of investor emotions limit the persistence of sentiment effects on trading behaviour. This study contributes to the behavioural finance literature by extending sports–finance analysis to the T20 cricket format in Pakistan, offering insights for investors, policymakers, and researchers on the limits of non-economic sentiment in influencing emerging stock markets.
This chapter examines the specific beliefs and actions of German leaders in the Weltpolitik era to determine whether and how status concerns motivated German decision making during the period. It first provides an overview of the origins and character of Germany's world policy as well as the roots of German status dissatisfaction before testing a number of predictions that status dissatisfaction theory generates for the case of German foreign policy during the Weltpolitik era. It shows that German leaders, driven by the strong belief that they were not accorded the status they deserved, formulated a grand strategy intended to raise their international profile through the instigation of major and minor international crises designed to coerce status concessions from Britain, France, and Russia. The chapter argues that the policies associated with Weltpolitik are designed to coerce other states into ceding status to Germany.
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