Access to gambling and declaring personal bankruptcy

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 789-801

  Boardman, Barry ^a   Perry, John J ^a  

^a Legislative Research Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Casino; Gambling; Pari mutuel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548041176     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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