Using betting market odds to measure the uncertainty of outcome in major league baseball

International Journal of Sport Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 255-263

  Paul, Rodney J ^a   Weinbach, Andrew P ^b   Borghesi, Richard ^c   Wilson, Mark ^a  

^a ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Economics; Market efficiency; Uncertainty of outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450169939     PISSN: 15586235     EISSN: 1930076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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