Lottomania and other anomalies in the market for lotto

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 721-744

  Beenstock, Michael ^a   Haitovsky, Yoel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gambling; Rational choice; Statistical probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649341     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(01)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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