ECO 316 - Sports and Entertainment Economics

Credit Hours: 3
Microeconomic tools used to examine a wide variety of topics pertaining to the sports and entertainment industry such as monopoly and monopsony market structure, labor market issues including free agency and salary caps, and public policy concerns involving the impacts of sports and entertainment on the economy. Also includes an examination of the economics of various forms of media and entertainment including movies, cable, music, amusement parks, and casinos.

Prerequisite: ECO 101 or ECO 165 ; and undergraduate business majors must be admitted to degree program.
Lecture contact hours: 3

Typically offered: Summer