The economics of gambling /

The economics of gambling / [print] edited by Leighton Vaughan Williams. - London ; New York : Routledge, (c)2003. - xvi, 270 pages : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction/ The favourite-longshot bias and the Gabriel and Marsden anomaly: an explanation based on utility theory/ Is the presence of inside traders necessary to give rise to a favorite-longshot bias? / Adi Schnytzer and Yuval Shilony ; -- Pari-mutuel place betting in Great Britain and Ireland: an extraordinary opportunity/ Betting at British racecourses: a comparison of the efficiency of betting with bookmakers and at the Tote/ Breakage, turnover, and betting market efficiency: new evidence from Japanese horse tracks/ The impact of tipster information on bookmakers' prices in UK horse-race markets/ On the marginal impact of information and arbitrage/ Covarianace decompositions and betting markets: early insights using data from French trotting/ A competitive horse-race handicapping algorithm based on analysis of covariance/ Efficiency in the handicap and index betting markets for English rugby league/ Efficiency of the over-under betting market for National Football League games/ Player injuries and price responses in the point spread wagering market/ Is the UK National Lottery experiencing lottery fatigue? / Stephen Creigh-Tyte and Lisa Farrell ; -- Time-series modelling of Lotto demand/ Reconsidering the economic impact of Indian casino gambling/ Investigating betting behaviour: a critical discussion of alternative methodological approaches/ The demand for gambling: a review/ Leighton Vaughan Williams ; -- Michael Cain, David Peel and David Law ; -- David Jackson and Patrick Waldron ; -- John Peirson and Philip Blackburn ; -- W. David Walls and Kelly Busche ; -- Michael A. Smith ; -- Adi Schnytzer, Yuval Shilony and Richard Thorne ; -- Jack Dowie ; -- David Edelman ; -- Robert Simmons, David Forrest and Anthony Curran ; -- Joseph Golec and Maurry Tamarkin ; -- Raymond D. Sauer ; -- David Forrest ; -- Gary C. Anders ; -- Alistair Bruce and Johnnie Johnson ; -- David Paton, Donald S. Siegel and Leighton Vaughan Williams.



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Gambling--Economic aspects.
Gambling.


Electronic books.

HV.P965.E266 2003