The favourite-longshot bias, bookmaker margins and insider trading in a variety of betting markets

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-273

  Cain, Michael ^a,b   Law, David ^a,b   Peel, David ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Shin model; Sports betting

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING;

EID: 0041811795     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8586.00174     Document Type: Article

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