Junior Research Seminar: Sports as an Economic Laboratory

This course is a research seminar which examines how organized sports can be used as a\ud laboratory to answer important economics questions. Organized sports are distinct from other\ud multi-million dollar industries in that they are intensely scrutinized by the public in the form of\ud fans and the media. Further, because competition and performance are products of the industry,\ud they are observed, measured, and recorded. The result is a body of detailed data on almost every\ud aspect of organized sports. These data have become a treasure trove for economists who\ud investigate questions in industrial organization, labor economics, behavioral economics and\ud game theory