Contributors
Introduction
Casinos
The employment impact of casino gambling in the U.K. / Gary Anders
The economics of casino taxation / John E. Anderson
The elasticity of casino gambling / Mark W. Nichols and Mehmet Serkan Tosun
The economics of Asian casino and gambling / Ricardo Chi Sen, Siu
How does implementation of a smoking ban affect gaming? / John C. Navin, Timothy S. Sullivan, and Warren D. Richards
Overview of the economics and social impacts of gambling in the United States / Douglas M. Walker
Sports betting
The economics of online sports betting / George Diemer and Ryan M. Rodenberg
The football pools / David Forrest and Levi Pérez
The efficiency of soccer betting markets / John Goddard
The efficiency of pelota betting markets / Lorento Llorente, Josemari Aizpurua, and Javier Puértolas
The lure of the pitcher : how the baseball betting market is influenced by elite starting pitchers / Rodney V. Paul, Andrew P. Weinbach, and Brad R. Humphreys
Information efficiency in high-frequency betting markets / J. James Reade and John Goddard
Horserace betting
On the long-run sustainability of tote betting markets / David Edelman
The economics of racetrack-casino (racino) gambling / Richard Thalheimer
The modern racing landscape and the racetrack wagering market : components of demand, subsidies and efficiency / Ramon P. DeGennaro and Ann B. Gillette
What explains the existence of an exchange overround? / David Marginson
Insider trading in betting markets / Adi Schnytzer
Pricing decisions and insider trading in fixed-odds horse betting markets / Adi Schnytzer, Vasiliki Makropoulo, and Martien Lamers
Betting strategy
Betting on simultaneous events and accumulator gambles / Andrew Grant
A primer on the mathematics of gambling / Robert C. Hannum
The science and economics of poker / Robert C. Hannum
The Kelly criterion with games of chance / Leonard C. Maclean and William T. Ziemba
Exploiting expert analysis' evidence in event studies in an information-rich market environment / Michael A. Smith
Motivation, behavior and decision-making in betting markets
Betting motivation and behavior / Alistair Bruce
Motivation in betting markets : speculation, calculus or fun? / Les Coleman
Evidence of biased decision-making in betting markets / David McDonald, Ming-Chien Sung, and Johnnie Johnson
Behavioral finance and point-spread wagering markets / Greg Durham
Prediction markets and political betting
A simple automated market maker for prediction markets / David Johnstone
The long history of political betting markets : an international perspective / Paul W. Rhode and Koleman Strumpf
Lotteries and gambling machines
The efficiency of lottery markets / David Forrest and David Gulley
The national lottery / John Lepper and Stephen Creigh-Tyte
The benefits and costs of slot machine gambling / Scott Farrow and Chava Carter
The economics of lotteries : a survey of the literature / Grote and Matheson
The taxation of gambling machines : a theoretical perspective / Leighton Vaughan Williams and David Paton.
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The Oxford handbook of the economics of gambling by Leighton Vaughan Williams. ISBN 9780199797912. Published by Oxford University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
