Re-examining the betting market on Major League baseball games: Is there a reverse favourite-longshot bias?

Applied Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1309-1317

  Gandar, J M ^a   Zuber, Richard A ^a   Johnson, R S ^b   Dare, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORT;

EID: 0036317363     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840110095427     Document Type: Article

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