Sport and gambling

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 598-611

  Forrest, David ^a   Simmons, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; LEISURE INDUSTRY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542400523     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/19.4.598     Document Type: Article

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