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2004-2005 Springfield College Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2004-2005 Springfield College Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 350 - Economics of Sports


The central focus of this course is on models of sport leagues and what can be learned from those models to answer public policy questions concerning sports. Selected topics from the extensive literature on the economics of sports are used e.g., franchise values, pay for performance, urban financing of stadiums, antitrust laws, and the profit motive in sport leagues.

Prerequisites & Notes
ECON 200 and ECON 205.

Credits: 3 s.h