Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions
研究发现，英格兰和威尔士的大学若失去与英超球队的关联（球队降级），其本科招生增长率会显著下降4-8%，表明顶级足球联赛能带来地方经济溢出效应。
Anecdotal evidence suggests that co-location with an English Premier League (EPL) football team can boost university recruitment. But when a town or city loses its EPL team, it also loses some of the world’s attention. We test whether the EPL limelight does in fact affect university recruitment in England and Wales. We exploit the sharp annual cutoff between survival and relegation from the EPL, comparing the admissions outcomes of universities that have clear name association either side of that discontinuity. On average, losing association with an EPL team, for just one year after its relegation, significantly reduces a university’s undergraduate year-to-year admissions growth by 4-8 percent. These findings suggest not only that the EPL generates local externalities but also that university executives should support their local teams.