Thursday, August 9, 2007
A study by Craig Depken, who recently joined the Department of Economics, was cited in an August 7 editorial in the Wall Street Journal about ticket scalping.
Depken, who came to UNC Charlotte from the University of Texas Arlington and conducted his study there, found that "cities with anti-scalping laws average per-game season ticket prices $2 greater in baseball and $10 greater in football."
WSJ subscribers can read the full editorial online at wsj