Transportation costs and product demand: Wagering on parimutuel horse racing

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 529-542

  Ali, Mukhtar M ^a   Thalheimer, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0000704490     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497327029     Document Type: Article

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