Joining the club: European Union accession and the quality of national football teams
Published online on June 30, 2026
Abstract
European Union Politics, Ahead of Print.
This article investigates how European Union (EU) accession affects the quality of national football teams. Using Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia as late-accession cases, we exploit the staggered timing of their entry to estimate the causal impact of ...
This article investigates how European Union (EU) accession affects the quality of national football teams. Using Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia as late-accession cases, we exploit the staggered timing of their entry to estimate the causal impact of ...