2018-2019 Catalog

ECON 338 Economics of Sports

The application of theoretical economics to the sports industry. Professional and collegiate sports offer opportunities for both theoretical and empirical research due to the amount of data that is available. Topics include market structure and antitrust, managerial decisions for inputs and outputs, pay and performance in labor markets. Students chose a topic area for presentation and write a paper on a contemporary sports issue.

Prerequisite

ECON 251,and either ECON 253;or ECON 365

Instructor

Staff