Sports Economics is a branch of study which investigates both the dynamics of economic exchange within sporting and the relationship of the sports industry to business and society. Sports economists examine questions of salaries and labor relations, impact of merchandising, public financing of facilities, and the general impact of the athletic world on the economy.
Sports Economics is the first resource that facilitates the creation and flow of economic and financial analysis relevant to the sports business community. http://www.sportseconomics.com/
Speech by Andrew Zimbalist is professor of Economics at Smith College. He is the author of many books on development and comparative economics. His latest book is Baseball and Billions. http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/barzimb.htm
Doug is the Chairman of the Society for Baseball Research (SABR)'s Business of Baseball Committee and has several interesting articles on the issue of baseball economics. http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/index.htm
