ECON 336 - The Economics of Sports

Although athletics have played an important cultural, religious, and martial role in societies throughout history, the commercialization of sports is a much more recent phenomenon. Students apply economic theory and empirical methodology to the analysis of sports in order to examine the interactions between sports and economics, including the institutions that organize sports and the unique economic data made available by sporting contests. The specific fields of economics covered in this course include industrial organization, public finance, labor economics, and game theory. Special consideration will also be given to discussions of the economics of collegiate and amateur sports.

Credits: 1
Prerequisites:

ECON 251

Major/Minor Restrictions: Only Economics, Environmental Economics, Mathematical Economics majors and minors
Class Restriction: None
Restrictions: Not open to students who have earned credit for

ECON 436

Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Core Component: None

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