http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/10/why-do-economists-study-sports/ Economic Thinking about Baseball Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/10/why-do-economists-study-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-62705 Mark Cuthbertson Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:39:56 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/10/why-do-economists-study-sports/#comment-62705 You forgot another motive to study the economic principles at work in sports: cheating. You forgot another motive to study the economic principles at work in sports: cheating.

]]> http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/10/why-do-economists-study-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-62214 Bryan Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:44:30 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/10/why-do-economists-study-sports/#comment-62214 JC: I think you missed an important one: sports have excellent data, both primary (given their inherently statistical nature) and secondary (given the amount of publicity/media attention they receive). The data collection challenges are much lower, giving an inquisitive economics researcher richer fields to plow. JC:
I think you missed an important one: sports have excellent data, both primary (given their inherently statistical nature) and secondary (given the amount of publicity/media attention they receive). The data collection challenges are much lower, giving an inquisitive economics researcher richer fields to plow.

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