Market efficiency and profitable wagering in the National Hockey League: Can bettors score on longshots?

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 983-995

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

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035609429     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061582     Document Type: Article

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