The impact of socio-economic factors on gambling expenditure

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 430-440

  Layton, Allan ^a   Worthington, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gambling; Social economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003187869     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068299910230035     Document Type: Article

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