The home field advantage revisited: A search for the bias in other sports betting markets

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 439-453

  Gandar, John M ^a   Zuber, Richard A ^a   Lamb, Reinhold P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Home field advantage; Market efficiency; Sports betting markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642496125     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(01)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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