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103: Brian Mills on the Labor Market in Baseball, the Umpire Strikes Back and R

103: Brian Mills on the Labor Market in Baseball, the Umpire Strikes Back and R

FromEconomic Rockstar


103: Brian Mills on the Labor Market in Baseball, the Umpire Strikes Back and R

FromEconomic Rockstar

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Sep 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Brian Mills is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida within the Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management specializing in Managerial Sports Economics. Professor Mills is also Associate Research Faculty within the Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute (EFTI). Brian’s research interests encompass topics such as the sports labor market, industrial organization and sports league policy, public policy and economic development related to sport, and advanced analytics in the sports business. He is especially interested in applying economic lessons and quantitative analysis to problems that sport managers face in their everyday decision making. Brian’s work and research interests can be found at brianmmills.com and at princeofslides.blogspot. Brian is now offering a new course called Exploring Pitch Data with R over at Data Camp. Check out the show notes page for all the links, books and resources mentioned by Brian at www.economicrockstar.com/brianmills
Released:
Sep 15, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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