Expected utility, skewness, and the baseball betting market

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-345

  Woodland, Bill M ^a   Woodland, Linda M ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032997198     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499324327     Document Type: Article

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