LYTS512 Sport and Economics (4 cr)
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 |
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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.