Betting bias and market equilibrium in racetrack betting

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-292

  Chadha, Sumir ^a   Quandt, Richard E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002373394     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031096334312     Document Type: Article

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