Autori: Elvira Anna Graziano, Francesca Vicentini
Tipologia: contributo in volume
Titolo volume: International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making
Volume/Numero/Pagine: vol.2 n.2, pp.167-178
Editore: Inder Science Publishers
ISSN online: 1752-6914
ISSN print: 1752-6906
DOI: 10.1504/IJEPDM.2016.10001600
Lingua: Inglese
Anno di pubblicazione: 2017
Abstract:
Over the past two decades, cultural sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup have captured a leading position in the consumption-based economic development policies of many late-capitalist societies (Fehle et al., 2005; Chang et al., 2012). Recent studies have pointed out the importance of sporting mega-events on the analysis of investor moods (Martínez and Román, 2014; Kaplanski and Levy, 2010; Edmans et al., 2007). Moving from these evidences, this paper aims at analysing whether the effect of Italian national soccer team results in the FIFA World Cup competition between 2002-2014 influenced the trend of national stock FTSE MIB indexes. Results demonstrate that football results have a strong impact on investor moods: sporting events in general have a significant effect on investor behaviours. In particular, football game results influence stock market returns since soccer is a consistent part of many people’s lives.