March madness? Strategic behavior in NCAA basketball tournament betting pools

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-172

  Metrick, Andrew ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biases; Gambling; Natural experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030209913     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(96)00855-4     Document Type: Article

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