The impact of gambling on personal bankruptcy rates

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 503-509

  De La Viña, Lynda ^a,b   Bernstein, David ^a  

^a United States Department of the Treasury   (United States)

^b Treasury Department from 1998 to 2000   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy rate; Casinos; Gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036421423     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(02)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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