Brian Volz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

508-767-7579 TFAC - Room 250

Dr. Volz has been teaching economics, finance, and statistics at Assumption University since 2010. His research applies the theories and methods of labor economics and productivity analysis to the professional sports industry.

  • Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2009

    M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2005

    B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2003

  • ECO 110: Principles of Microeconomics

    ECO 115: Statistics with Excel

    ECO 216: Sports Data Analysis

    ECO 340: Economics of Sports

    ECO 323: Labor Economics

    ECO 331: Industrial Organization

    ECO 499: Research Seminar

    FIN 325: Financial Management I

  • “Evaluating Manager and Team Efficiencies in Major League Baseball” In J. Zhu (Ed.), Data Envelopment Analysis: A Handbook of Empirical Studies and Applications, Springer, 2016.

    “Race and Quarterback Survival in the National Football League” Journal of Sports Economics, 2015.

    “Race and the Likelihood of Managing in Major League Baseball” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 34, No. 1, (2013): 30-51.

    “Debating Immortality: Application of DEA to Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame” Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 33, No. 3, (2012): 177-188, with Thomas Miceli.

    “Minority Status and Managerial Survival in Major League Baseball” Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 10, No. 5, (2009): 522-542.