Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Discuss the issues that are relevant to how sporting agents maximise their expected payoff.
• Outline the rationale behind ticket-pricing schemes for sporting contests.
• Discuss ways in which bargaining by sporting agents can increase economic efficiency.
• Outline and critique ways in which competitive balance can be measured and how it can be compared within and across sports.
• Demonstrate how attempts to improve competitive balance can depend on the structure of a league and objectives of club owners.
• Evaluate whether government bodies should financially support the hosting of major sporting events and/or construction of facilities.
• Determine what conditions are required to prevent cheating in sporting contests.
• Outline how the expected monetary return to gambling can be affected by market structure and the presence of asymmetric information.

• Lectures, assignment, private study

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	0
Planned learning activities	12
Independent student activities	89
Total	125

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): An individual essay or group project will be required to be submitted by a specific date during Semester 2.

Assessment type	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment	25%
University scheduled written examination	75%	120 minutes
Other	0%
Total	100%	120 minutes

• Pass standard: 40%
• Penalties: Refer to student handbook for policy on absence from continuous assessment.

• Are Supplemental registrations permitted? Yes
• Yes. Any continuous assessment marks will be carried forward from Semester 2.
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 120 minutes
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? No
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

• EC201 or equivalent, EC205 or equivalent

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