LYTS512 Sport and Economics (4 cr)

Grading scale
0-5
Teaching languages
English
Responsible person(s)
Kimmo Suomi

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course, student is able to
- identify the necessary concepts, tools and models to understand the basic structures of the economy of sports.

Study methods

Active participation to lectures (24 hours), writing assignments, a book exam.

Content

The fundamentals of the public, private, volunteer and top-level economics of sport. Emphasis is put on different values in sport, public funding of sport (subsidies, taxes, and government intervention), definitions and theories about non-profit activities in sport and issues on amateur and professional sport.

Further information

1st year autumn

Materials

To be announced during the lectures

Literature:

ISBN-number Author, year of publication, title, publisher
Leeds, M. & von Allmen, P. 2014. Economics of Sports. Prentice Hall. (464 pp.)

Assessment criteria

Lecture examination 40%, book examination 40 %, writing assignment 20 %. Compulsory attendance at 80% of the lectures.