from (http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-05/goldman-sachs-economists-predict-the-world-cup) http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-05/goldman-sachs-economists-predict-the-world-cup :
"The 2014 report, the fifth Goldman has released, weighs in at a substantial 67 pages. Published on May 27, The World Cup and Economics 2014
is partly tongue-in-cheek, partly rigorous, and entirely entertaining
to Goldman’s international clientele. There’s a “stochastic model” that
predicts the final score of all 64 World Cup matches, based on a data
set of all international play since 1960, as well as analyses of the
athletic and economic strength of each country—mixing observations about
Croatia’s hard currency debt liabilities and superstar Italian
goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Goldman rates host nation Brazil as the
heavy favorite with a 48.5 percent chance. It says it will beat
Argentina 3 to 1 in the final on July 13."

Memory of the World Librarian: Dorothy Porter

2025-02-18