The Economics of Sports

April 18, 2006, Featuring Skip Sauer

Skip Sauer of Clemson University and Russ Roberts talk about the economic impact of sports stadiums, how to create incentives in baseball, football and soccer, and the virtues and failings of socialism in sports.

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  • Socialism in Sports Cafe Hayek blog entry by Russ Roberts. Join the discussion!
  • The Sports Economist. Blog by Skip Sauer and others
  • "What is Seen and What is Not Seen", by Frédéric Bastiat
  • Sportometrics, by Robert D. Tollison in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
  • "The Puzzling Economics of Sports," by Allen R. Sanderson
  • For more readings, see R. "Skip" Sauer's Home Page.
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