Market efficiency in person-to-person betting

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 292, 2006, Pages 673-689

  Smith, Michael A ^a   Paton, David ^b   Williams, Leighton Vaughan ^c  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAMBLING; INTERNET; TRANSACTION COST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33749633920     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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