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2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 350 - Economics of Sports


This course provides an overview of sport league economic models in order to consider 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.
Credits: 3

Prerequisites: ECON 210 - Principles of Macroeconomics  

and

ECON 205 - Principles of Microeconomics