Author Archives: Ken

I am often asked by students in my introductory economics courses (and to a lesser extent, in upper-year courses) for recommendations of economics books, and I struggle to answer this question. The truth is that I don’t read many books … Continue reading →

A quick hello and thank you to all my students in EC120 this term. The remote environment has made for an interesting term – and I appreciate the level of work and professionalism demonstrated by all my students. 72 Zoom … Continue reading →

I ran an online student discussion session tonight, mostly to test out a new-to-me Virtual Classroom in MyLearningSpace (Laurier’s version of D2L), and partly to hear what the students were worried about. First note – the Virtual Classroom worked better … Continue reading →

It is fairly well-recognized that the starting point for the academic field in the Economics of Sports is an article on The Baseball Players’ Labour Market by Simon Rottenberg, published in the Journal of Political Economy in 1956. The article … Continue reading →

We spend a lot of time in Economics courses looking at problem solving. Given a problem in a specific form, can you figure out the (usually) well-defined answer? But in economics research, and in the work that most students will … Continue reading →

This post on the Chronicle of Higher Education came up in my LinkedIn feed today, and it is a great starting point for something that I spend too much time thinking about at this time of year – what should … Continue reading →

Within the context of Sports Economics, there are a wide range of topics. Within the course, my hope is that students will embrace that variety, and choose something that is of interest to them. In the current news, obvious topics … Continue reading →

Starting Monday, I am teaching a new course on Sports Economics – EC310F. A recent draft of the course outline is available on the EC310F page on this site, or (for students in the course), on MyLearningSpace. A couple of … Continue reading →

https://theathletic.com/1442638/2019/12/16/emilie-castonguay-blazes-a-trail-as-the-agent-for-probable-no-1-pick-alexis-lafreniere/?source=shared-article

Relevant for the Sports Economics course next Winter, this article goes through an ongoing antitrust case based on monopsony power – topics that we discuss in EC120 in the Fall. https://theathletic.com/1126043/2019/08/13/ufc-fighters-antitrust-case-lessons-for-how-pro-sports-are-organized-and-whether-they-serve-fan-interests/ (Note – there is a paywall.)