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Author:   Leighton Vaughan Williams (Professor of Economics and Finance and Director, Betting Research Unit, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University) ,  Donald S. Siegel (Dean and Professor, School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.528kg
ISBN:  

9780199797912

ISBN 10:   0199797919
Pages:   752
Publication Date:   12 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction SECTION I: CASINOS 1. The Employment Impact of Casino Gambling in the U.S., Gary Anders 2. The Economics of Casino Taxation, John E. Anderson 3. The Elasticity of Casino Gambling Mark W. Nichols and Mehmet Serkan Tosun 4. The Economics of Asian Casino Gaming and Gambling Ricardo Chi Sen Siu 5. How Does Implementation of a Smoking Ban Affect Gaming?, John C. Navin, Timothy S. Sullivan, and Warren D. Richards 6. Overview of the Economics and Social Impacts of Gambling in the United States, Douglas M. Walker SECTION II: SPORTS BETTING 7. The Economics of Online Sports Betting, George Diemer and Ryan M. Rodenberg 8. The Football Pools, David Forrest and Levi Perez 9. The Efficiency of Soccer Betting Markets, John Goddard 10. The Efficiency of Pelota Betting Markets, Loreto Llorente, Josemari Aizpurua, and Javier Puertolas 11. The Lure of the Pitcher: How the Baseball Betting Market is Influenced by Elite Starting Pitchers, Rodney J. Paul, Andrew P. Weinbach, and Brad R. Humphreys 12. Information Efficiency in High-Frequency Betting Markets, J. James Reade and John Goddard SECTION III: HORSERACE BETTING 13. On the Long-Run Sustainability of Tote Betting Markets, David Edelman 14. The Economics of Racetrack-Casino (Racino) Gambling, Richard Thalheimer 15. The Modern Racing Landscape and the Racetrack Wagering Market: Components of Demand, Subsidies, and Efficiency, Ramon P. DeGennaro and Ann B. Gillette 16. What Explains the Existence of an Exchange Overround?, David Marginson 17. Insider Trading in Betting Markets, Adi Schnytzer 18. Pricing Decisions and Insider Trading in Fixed-Odds Horse Betting Markets, Adi Schnytzer, Vasiliki Makropoulo, and Martien Lamers SECTION IV: BETTING STRATEGY 19. Betting on Simultaneous Events and Accumulator Gambles, Andrew Grant 20. A Primer on the Mathematics of Gambling, Robert C. Hannum 21. The Science and Economics of Poker, Robert C. Hannum 22. The Kelly Criterion with Games of Chance, Leonard C. Maclean and William T. Ziemba 23. Exploiting Expert Analysis? Evidence from Event Studies in an Information-Rich Market Environment, Michael A. Smith SECTION V: MOTIVATION, BEHAVIOR AND DECISION-MAKING IN BETTING MARKETS 24. Betting Motivation and Behavior, Alistair Bruce 25. Motivation in Betting Markets: Speculation, Calculus, or Fun?, Les Coleman 26. Evidence of Biased Decision-Making in Betting Markets, David McDonald, Ming-Chien Sung, and Johnnie Johnson 27. Behavioral Finance and Point-Spread Wagering Markets, Greg Durham SECTION VI: PREDICTION MARKETS AND POLITICAL BETTING 28. A Simple Automated Market Maker for Prediction Markets, David Johnstone 29. The Long History of Political Betting Markets: An International Perspective, Paul W. Rhode and Koleman Strumpf SECTION VII: LOTTERIES AND GAMBLING MACHINES 30. The Efficiency of Lottery Markets, David Forrest and O. David Gulley 31. The National Lottery, John Lepper and Stephen Creigh-Tyte 32. The Benefits and Costs of Slot Machine Gambling, Scott Farrow and Chava Carter 33. The Economics of Lotteries: A Survey of the Literature, Kent Grote and Victor A. Matheson 34. The Taxation of Gambling Machines: A Theoretical Perspective, Leighton Vaughan Williams and David Paton

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Leighton Vaughan Williams is Head of Economics Research and Director of the Betting Research Unit and Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University Donald S. Siegel is Professor and Dean of the School of Business at the University at Albany, SUNY

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