The Economics of Entertainment and Sports:
Concepts and Cases

In 2009, I started work on a series of lecture notes and mini-cases that I hope will eventually be turned into a book. The working title is The Economics of Entertainment: Concepts and Cases. Your feedback on this project is greatly appreciated.

Introduction

• 01. What Is Special About the Economics of Entertainment Industries?
• 02. Trends in Media and Entertainment
• 03. Entertainment Supply and Demand
• 04. The Legal Framework

Music

• 05. The Economics of Rock Stars
• 06. Selling Music: Records and Concerts

Video

• 07. The Movie Value Chain
• 08. TV Power Games: Friends and Law & Order
• 09. Home Video
• 10. Video Games

Sports

• 11. The Americanization of European Football
• 12. Variable Pricing at the New York Mets
• 13. Exporting Sports Entertainment: the NBA in China
• 14. Formula One: The 2009 Crisis

Technical notes

• 15. Viral Dynamics
• 16. Black Swans and Fat Tails
• 17. The Economics of Revenue Sharing
• 18. Combinatorial Games