Handbook of sports and lottery markets

Its basic empirical research and investigation of pure theories of investment in the sports and lotto markets make this volume a winner. With new overviews of scholarship on the industry side of racetrack and other betting markets to betting exchanges and market efficiencies, contributors consider a...

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Main Author: Hausch, Donald B.
Other Authors: Ziemba, W. T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier/North-Holland 2008
Series:Handbooks in finance
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Its basic empirical research and investigation of pure theories of investment in the sports and lotto markets make this volume a winner. With new overviews of scholarship on the industry side of racetrack and other betting markets to betting exchanges and market efficiencies, contributors consider a variety of sports in countries around the world. The result is not only superior information about market forecasting, but macro- and micro-analyses that are relevant to other markets as well. * Major focus on the variety of market efficiencies * Significant coverage of sports from racing to jai alai. * New studies of betting exchanges and internet wagering markets
Physical Description:xxiii, 536 pages illustrations
ISBN:9780080559957