04612nam 22007694a 450 991096311880332120200520144314.097866102213639781134508372113450837997811345083891134508387978128022136112802213649780203986936020398693810.4324/9780203986936 (CKB)1000000000249435(EBL)243321(OCoLC)475963753(SSID)ssj0000143682(PQKBManifestationID)11160416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143682(PQKBWorkID)10113376(PQKB)10999464(MiAaPQ)EBC243321(Au-PeEL)EBL243321(CaPaEBR)ebr10165493(CaONFJC)MIL22136(OCoLC)437159112(OCoLC)61732394(FR-PaCSA)41000718(FRCYB41000718)41000718(EXLCZ)99100000000024943520020826d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe economics of gambling /edited by Leighton Vaughan Williams1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780415753548 0415753546 9780415260916 0415260914 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Against a background of extraordinary growth in the popularity of betting and gaming across many countries of the world, there has never been a greater need for a study into gambling's most important factor - its economics.This collection of original contributions drawn from such leading experts as David Peel, Stephen Creigh-Tyte, Raymond Sauer and Donald Siegel covers such interesting themes as:*betting on the horses*over-under betting in football games*national lotteries and lottery fatigue*demand for gambling*economic impact of casino gamblingThis timely and compGamblingGamblingEconomic aspectsGambling.GamblingEconomic aspects.338.4/779576.31bcl83.03bclVaughan Williams Leighton1792600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963118803321The economics of gambling4336956UNINA