The economics of gambling / edited by Leighton Vaughan Williams.

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Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvi, 270 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Leighton Vaughan Williams
  • The favourite-longshot bias and the Gabriel and Marsden anomaly: an explanation based on utility theory / Michael Cain, David Peel and David Law
  • 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 / David Jackson and Patrick Waldron
  • Betting at British racecourses: a comparison of the efficiency of betting with bookmakers and at the Tote / John Peirson and Philip Blackburn
  • Breakage, turnover, and betting market efficiency: new evidence from Japanese horse tracks / W. David Walls and Kelly Busche
  • The impact of tipster information on bookmakers' prices in UK horse-race markets / Michael A. Smith
  • On the marginal impact of information and arbitrage / Adi Schnytzer, Yuval Shilony and Richard Thorne
  • Covarianace decompositions and betting markets: early insights using data from French trotting / Jack Dowie
  • A competitive horse-race handicapping algorithm based on analysis of covariance / David Edelman
  • Efficiency in the handicap and index betting markets for English rugby league / Robert Simmons, David Forrest and Anthony Curran
  • Efficiency of the over-under betting market for National Football League games / Joseph Golec and Maurry Tamarkin
  • Player injuries and price responses in the point spread wagering market / Raymond D. Sauer
  • Is the UK National Lottery experiencing lottery fatigue? / Stephen Creigh-Tyte and Lisa Farrell
  • Time-series modelling of Lotto demand / David Forrest
  • Reconsidering the economic impact of Indian casino gambling / Gary C. Anders
  • Investigating betting behaviour: a critical discussion of alternative methodological approaches / Alistair Bruce and Johnnie Johnson
  • The demand for gambling: a review / David Paton, Donald S. Siegel and Leighton Vaughan Williams.