Surprised by the parimutuel odds?

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2129-2134

  Ottaviani, Marco ^a   Sørensen, Peter Norman ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 74949137679     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.5.2129     Document Type: Article

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