Seminar in Sports Economics

Course Syllabus

Supplementary Readings

The Sports Economist Weblog

Lectures Notes From Econ 324 (Sports Econ for Non-majors)

1. Introduction (outline)

Figures & Tables

Introduction (ppt slides)

2. Basic Applications of Economics to Sports Basic Apps, part 2

3. Economic Organization of Sporting Competition (more to come)

4. Monopoly, Antitrust, & Sports

5. The Labor Market for Athletic Talent

6. Competitive Balance, Unions, & Salary Caps

Marvin Miller & Free Agency

Salary Caps and Allocation of Talent

Competitive Balance

7. Discrimination

Interpreting Regression Equations

8. Public Finance & Stadium Subsidies

9. Amateurism & College Sports

10. Special Topics

-- Returns to Skill on the Golf Course

Measuring the Tradeoff Between Putting & Driving on the PGA Tour

Earnings and the Skills of PGA Golfers

-- Sports Wagering & the Efficient Markets Hypothesis

Part 1 (horse racing)

Part 2 (point spreads)

Tables

Football betting: can you "beat the spread?"

Quizzes, Assignments, Answers to Quizzes etc

1^st Assignment

answers

Old quiz #1, & answers

Old exam #1, & answers

Old quiz #2

Old exam #2 (relevant questions only)

Miscellaneous

Links to Data & Other Stuff

Old Lecture Notes

Old Exam Questions, Assignments, etc

More Old Assignments