The social benefits of gambling

Economic Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-13

  Basham, Patrick ^a   Luik, John ^b  

^a CATO INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Democracy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Freedom; Gambling; Health; Recreation; Regulation; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952478544     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: 14680270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2010.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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