Identifying X-Consumers Using Causal Recipes: "Whales" and "Jumbo Shrimps" Casino Gamblers

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-26

  Woodside, Arch G ^a   Zhang, Mann ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Casino gambler; Causal recipe; Jumbo shrimps; QCA; Whales; X consumers

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER; CONTROL; FUZZY LOGIC; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FUZZY LOGIC; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862858397     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9241-5     Document Type: Article

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