Economics of Sports (EC-0149)

Spring 2024 · EC 0149 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

The world of sports is used to illustrate the application of core concepts from microeconomics and econometrics. The main topics covered are the industrial organization of sports, the public finance of sports, the labor economics of sports, and college sports. Each section will begin with an overview of contextual information and will then show how the appropriate tools from economics can be applied. Each section closes with discussion of recent research on the topic of the section. Prerequisites: Economics 11 and Economics 15 or Economics 107.

Course codes: EC-0149, EC 0149, EC0149, EC-149, EC 149, EC149

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