ECON 202 - Sports Economics

(same as Management 202 and Marketing 202)

A study of basic economic principles applied specifically to the arena of sports. Questions to be addressed include: How can an employer best motivate an employee? Should local government give incentives for businesses to come? How does a firm best price and market its product? All of these issues and more will be discussed in a sports context and framework.Prerequisites: ECON 101 - Principles of Economics I or permission of instructor.Spring, even-numbered years.