Embedded play: Economic and social motivations for sharing lottery tickets

European Sociological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 344-354

  Guillén, Mauro F ^a   Garvía, Roberto ^b   Santana, Andrés ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

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EID: 84861915615     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcq068     Document Type: Review

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