Does lottery advertising exploit dis advantaged and vulnerable markets?

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Borg, Mary O ^a   Stranahan, Harriet A ^a  

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EID: 13544269527     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20051511     Document Type: Article

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