Forecasting outcomes in spread betting markets: Can bettors use 'quarbs' to beat the book?

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-154

  Paton, David ^a   Williams, Leighton Vaughan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betting; Forecasting; Market efficiency; Quarbs

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BETTING; FINANCIAL MARKETS; MARKET EFFICIENCY; QUARBS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 15544363881     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.949     Document Type: Article

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