Determinants of the probability and timing of commercial casino legalization in the United States

Public Choice

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 69-90

  Calcagno, Peter T ^a   Walker, Douglas M ^a   Jackson, John D ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casino adoption; Casinos; Fiscal stress; Legalized gambling; Tax revenues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949772059     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9475-2     Document Type: Article

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