New light on the longshot bias

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-326

  Coleman, Les ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

GAMBLING;

EID: 1842430719     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840410001674240     Document Type: Article

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