ECO 383 - The Economics of Baseball

2009-2010 Catalog Year

This course will consider professional baseball as an industry. It will focus on Major League Baseball’s recent economic history and will consider a variety of other topics such as: the recent explosion of player salaries; the sport’s health; the relationship between the major and minor leagues; determinates of the demand for baseball games; racial discrimination; and the game’s antitrust exemption.

PREREQ: ECO 101 and 200 or any 100- or 200-level economic course, completion of all Basic Skills and Knowledge Foundation courses in General Education, and upper division standing.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3