Online gambling behavior: The impacts of cumulative outcomes, recent outcomes, and prior use

Information Systems Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 511-527

  Ma, Xiao ^a   Kim, Seung Hyun ^b,c   Kim, Sung S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making under uncertainty; Hierarchical analysis; Multilevel analysis; Online gambling; Online user behavior; Panel data; Repeated behavior

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; ONLINE GAMBLING; ONLINE USERS; PANEL DATA; REPEATED BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84907580885     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2014.0517     Document Type: Article

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