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Contents: Introduction to Teaching Sports Economics and Using Sports to Teach Economics xi Victor A. Matheson and Aju J. Fenn PART I USING SPORTS TO TEACH ECONOMICS 1 Integrating sports into economics teaching 2 John J. Siegfried and Allen R. Sanderson 2 Using sports-related empirical research to teach critical reading skills in intermediate microeconomics 34 Peter von Allmen 3 Using ESPN 30 for 30 to teach economics – revisited 49 Abdullah Al-Bahrani and Darshak Patel 4 Uncovering bias: using sports to teach about the economics of discrimination 65 Jill S. Harris 5 Supervising sports economics research 79 Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski PART II TEACHING SPORTS ECONOMICS 6 Using guest speakers and day trips to teach sports economics 94 Aju J. Fenn 7 Sports and the law: using court cases to teach sports economics 103 Victor A. Matheson 8 Making sports economics inclusive: why you aren’t teaching sports economics well if women are not part of your story 128 David Berri 9 Incorporating media into the sports economics curriculum 165 Jadrian Wooten PART III CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR SPORTS ECONOMICS – MOVING AWAY FROM CHALK AND TALK 10 The jigsaw reading 181 Victor A. Matheson 11 Starting point bias and final offer arbitration: a classroom experiment 188 Victor A. Matheson 12 Randomness and the hot hand fallacy 195 Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor A. Matheson 13 This class is a Kahoot! Using Kahoot! to test student knowledge in class 200 Jadrian Wooten 14 Arbitration in the classroom: a classroom experiment to model MLB’s salary arbitration 208 Amber Brown 15 Measuring productivity in Major League Baseball 226 Stacey Brook 16 Teaching marginal revenue product using Moneyball 235 Dustin White and Jadrian Wooten 17 Economical sports economics classroom activities 241 Rodney Fort Index

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      Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
      Publication Date: 18/10/2022
      ISBN13: 9781035308170, 978-1035308170
      ISBN10: 1035308177
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      Table of Contents
      Contents: Introduction to Teaching Sports Economics and Using Sports to Teach Economics xi Victor A. Matheson and Aju J. Fenn PART I USING SPORTS TO TEACH ECONOMICS 1 Integrating sports into economics teaching 2 John J. Siegfried and Allen R. Sanderson 2 Using sports-related empirical research to teach critical reading skills in intermediate microeconomics 34 Peter von Allmen 3 Using ESPN 30 for 30 to teach economics – revisited 49 Abdullah Al-Bahrani and Darshak Patel 4 Uncovering bias: using sports to teach about the economics of discrimination 65 Jill S. Harris 5 Supervising sports economics research 79 Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski PART II TEACHING SPORTS ECONOMICS 6 Using guest speakers and day trips to teach sports economics 94 Aju J. Fenn 7 Sports and the law: using court cases to teach sports economics 103 Victor A. Matheson 8 Making sports economics inclusive: why you aren’t teaching sports economics well if women are not part of your story 128 David Berri 9 Incorporating media into the sports economics curriculum 165 Jadrian Wooten PART III CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR SPORTS ECONOMICS – MOVING AWAY FROM CHALK AND TALK 10 The jigsaw reading 181 Victor A. Matheson 11 Starting point bias and final offer arbitration: a classroom experiment 188 Victor A. Matheson 12 Randomness and the hot hand fallacy 195 Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor A. Matheson 13 This class is a Kahoot! Using Kahoot! to test student knowledge in class 200 Jadrian Wooten 14 Arbitration in the classroom: a classroom experiment to model MLB’s salary arbitration 208 Amber Brown 15 Measuring productivity in Major League Baseball 226 Stacey Brook 16 Teaching marginal revenue product using Moneyball 235 Dustin White and Jadrian Wooten 17 Economical sports economics classroom activities 241 Rodney Fort Index

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