Why are gambling markets organised so differently from financial markets?

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 495, 2004, Pages 223-246

  Levitt, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; GAMBLING; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 1942520220     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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