This timely and comprehensive book covers all the bases of the economics of gambling and fulfils the increasing need for a study into this most important factor of gambling.
This timely and comprehensive book covers all the bases of the economics of gambling and fulfils the increasing need for a study into this most important factor of gambling.
Leighton Vaughan Williams is Professor of Economics and Finance, and Director of the Betting Research Unit at the Nottingham Trent University, UK
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. The favourite-longshot bias and the Gabriel and Marsden anomaly: an explanation based on utility theory 3. Is the presence of insider traders necessary to give rise to a favourite-longshot bias? 4. Pari-mutual place betting in Great Britain and Ireland: an extraordinary opportunity 5. Betting at British racecourses: a comparison of efficiency of betting with bookmakers and at the Tote 6. Breakage, turnover, and betting market efficiency: new evidence from Japanese horse tracks 7. The impact of tipster information on bookmakers' prices in UK horserace markets 8. On the marginal impact of information and arbitrage 9. Covariance decompositions and betting markets: early insights using data from French trotting 10. A competitive horse-race handicapping algorithm based on analysis of covariance 11. Efficiency in the handicap and index betting markets for English rugby league 12. Efficiency of the over-under betting market for National League Football Games 13. Player injuries and price responses in the point spread wagering market 14. Is the UK National Lottery experiencing lottery fatigue? 15. Time-series modelling of lotto demand 16. Reconsidering the economic impact of Indian casino gambling 17. Investigating betting behaviour: a critical discussion of alternative methodological approaches 18. The Demand for Gambling: a review
1. Introduction 2. The favourite-longshot bias and the Gabriel and Marsden anomaly: an explanation based on utility theory 3. Is the presence of insider traders necessary to give rise to a favourite-longshot bias? 4. Pari-mutual place betting in Great Britain and Ireland: an extraordinary opportunity 5. Betting at British racecourses: a comparison of efficiency of betting with bookmakers and at the Tote 6. Breakage, turnover, and betting market efficiency: new evidence from Japanese horse tracks 7. The impact of tipster information on bookmakers' prices in UK horserace markets 8. On the marginal impact of information and arbitrage 9. Covariance decompositions and betting markets: early insights using data from French trotting 10. A competitive horse-race handicapping algorithm based on analysis of covariance 11. Efficiency in the handicap and index betting markets for English rugby league 12. Efficiency of the over-under betting market for National League Football Games 13. Player injuries and price responses in the point spread wagering market 14. Is the UK National Lottery experiencing lottery fatigue? 15. Time-series modelling of lotto demand 16. Reconsidering the economic impact of Indian casino gambling 17. Investigating betting behaviour: a critical discussion of alternative methodological approaches 18. The Demand for Gambling: a review
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