Gambling preference and the new year effect of assets with lottery features

Review of Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-731

  Doran, James S ^a   Jiang, Danling ^a   Peterson, David R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861887418     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfr006     Document Type: Review

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