Separating the decisions of lottery expenditures and participation: A truncated Tobit approach

Public Finance Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-117

  Stranahan, Harriet A ^a   Borg, Mary O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0032331996     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109114219802600201     Document Type: Article

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