The Effect of Recessions on Gambling Expenditures

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-717

  Horváth, Csilla ^a   Paap, Richard ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Cointegration; Gambling; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; GAMBLING; HUMAN; INCOME; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869496500     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9282-9     Document Type: Article

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