EC380 Sports Economics   (3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: EC102, EC220 (may be taken concurrently). Applies the tools of price theory and statistical analysis to professional and amateur sports. Students develop analytic tools useful in both the management of sports enterprises and the evaluation of strategy in the contests themselves. Topics include demand analysis; pay and performance; economic impact analysis and government subsidies for franchises; discrimination; and the implications of elementary game theory for strategic decision-making in sports.