Monthly Archives: January 2020

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 →