Casino gambling and bankruptcy in new United States casino jurisdictions

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-261

  Nichols, Mark W ^a   Grant Stitt, B ^a   Giacopassi, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Casino gambling; Control jurisdictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000068867     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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