Issues in sports forecasting

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 606-621

  Stekler, H O ^a   Sendor, David ^a   Verlander, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betting markets; Bias; Efficiency; Sports forecasting; Sports models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952291402     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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