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The economics of gambling / edited by Leighton Vaughan Williams.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: xvi, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0415260914
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4'7795 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6710 .E29 2003
Online resources:
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.
Summary: This book is a timely collection of works by well-proven, first rate researchers in the economics of horse race and sports wagering, and other forms of gaming.
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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.

This book is a timely collection of works by well-proven, first rate researchers in the economics of horse race and sports wagering, and other forms of gaming.

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