Sentiment in the betting market on Spanish football

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-126

  Forrest, David ^a   Simmons, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMBLING; MARKET; MODELING; SPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 37549048949     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701522895     Document Type: Article

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