Do casinos export bankruptcy?

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1481-1494

  Garrett, Thomas A ^a   Nichols, Mark W ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Casino gambling; Export

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449133148     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.079     Document Type: Article

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