Rolling the dice? Casinos, tax revenues, and the social costs of gaming

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-381

  Koo, Jun ^a   Rosentraub, Mark S ^b   Horn, Abigail ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

INDIANA; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 34848884216     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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