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1 online resource |
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Oxford handbooks |
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Oxford handbooks.
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Contents |
The employment impact of casino gambling in the U.K. / Gary Anders -- The economics of casino taxation / John E. Anderson -- The elasticity of casino gambling / Mark W. Nichols and Mehmet Serkan Tosun -- The economics of Asian casino and gambling / Ricardo Chi Sen, Siu -- How does implementation of a smoking ban affect gaming? / John C. Navin, Timothy S. Sullivan, and Warren D. Richards -- Overview of the economics and social impacts of gambling in the United States / Douglas M. Walker -- Sports betting -- The economics of online sports betting / George Diemer and Ryan M. Rodenberg -- The football pools / David Forrest and Levi Pérez -- The efficiency of soccer betting markets / John Goddard -- The efficiency of pelota betting markets / Lorento Llorente, Josemari Aizpurua, and Javier Puértolas -- The lure of the pitcher : how the baseball betting market is influenced by elite starting pitchers / Rodney V. Paul, Andrew P. Weinbach, and Brad R. Humphreys -- Information efficiency in high-frequency betting markets / J. James Reade and John Goddard -- Horserace betting -- On the long-run sustainability of tote betting markets / David Edelman -- The economics of racetrack-casino (racino) gambling / Richard Thalheimer -- The modern racing landscape and the racetrack wagering market : components of demand, subsidies and efficiency / Ramon P. DeGennaro and Ann B. Gillette -- What explains the existence of an exchange overround? / David Marginson -- Insider trading in betting markets / Adi Schnytzer -- Pricing decisions and insider trading in fixed-odds horse betting markets / Adi Schnytzer, Vasiliki Makropoulo, and Martien Lamers -- Betting strategy -- Betting on simultaneous events and accumulator gambles / Andrew Grant -- A primer on the mathematics of gambling / Robert C. Hannum -- The science and economics of poker / Robert C. Hannum -- The Kelly criterion with games of chance / Leonard C. Maclean and William T. Ziemba -- Exploiting expert analysis' evidence in event studies in an information-rich market environment / Michael A. Smith -- Motivation, behavior and decision-making in betting markets -- Betting motivation and behavior / Alistair Bruce -- Motivation in betting markets : speculation, calculus or fun? / Les Coleman -- Evidence of biased decision-making in betting markets / David McDonald, Ming-Chien Sung, and Johnnie Johnson -- Behavioral finance and point-spread wagering markets / Greg Durham -- Prediction markets and political betting -- A simple automated market maker for prediction markets / David Johnstone -- The long history of political betting markets : an international perspective / Paul W. Rhode and Koleman Strumpf -- Lotteries and gambling machines -- The efficiency of lottery markets / David Forrest and David Gulley -- The national lottery / John Lepper and Stephen Creigh-Tyte -- The benefits and costs of slot machine gambling / Scott Farrow and Chava Carter -- The economics of lotteries : a survey of the literature / Grote and Matheson -- The taxation of gambling machines : a theoretical perspective / Leighton Vaughan Williams and David Paton |
Summary |
This handbook is a definitive source of path-breaking research on the economics of gambling. It is divided into sections on casinos, sports betting, horserace betting, betting strategy motivation, behaviour and decision-making in betting markets prediction markets and political betting, and lotteries and gambling machines |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Gambling.
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Gambling -- Economic aspects
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gambling.
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games of chance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Gambling
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Gambling -- Economic aspects
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Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Vaughan Williams, Leighton, editor.
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Siegel, Donald S., 1959- editor.
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ISBN |
9780199376629 |
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019937662X |
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9780199984794 |
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0199984794 |
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1299990304 |
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9781299990302 |
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