World cup - who will win consult these academic economic prediction models

If you are looking forward to the world cup you might like to try consulting these economci research resources to find out who might win!

Goldman Sachs has predicted Brazil will win its sixth World Cup title—defeating Germany in the final on July 15. Read the full details in its briefing

Danke Bank predictions

University of Adelaide Dr Steve Beggs

University of Innsbruck -
Probabilistic forecasts for the 2018 FIFA World Cup based on the bookmaker consensus model (available via Repec)

Bloomberg has compared some of the predictions

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