Decisions : risk and reward / edited by Johnnie Johnson and Alistair Bruce
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TextSeries: Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; 44Publication details: New York, NY : Routledge, 2008Description: xxiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm; 1 online resource (xxiii, 368 p.) : illISBN: - 9780415426282 (hardcover)
- 0415426286 (hardcover)
- 9780203932810 (ebook)
- 0203932811 (ebook)
- 9780203932810 (electronic bk.)
- 0203932811 (electronic bk.)
- 9786611457068
- 6611457062
- 0415426286 (Cloth)
- Decisions [electronic resource]
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Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Motivation for betting and risk taking -- Toward an explanation of betting as a leisure pursuit -- Costing excitement in leisure betting -- Successful betting strategies : evidence from the UK off-course betting market -- The impact of complexity on decision-making behaviour -- The complex decision : insights from naturalistic research -- An empirical study of the impact of complexity on participation in horserace betting -- A probit model for estimating the effect of complexity on risk taking -- Risk strategy under task complexity : a multivariate analysis of behaviour in a naturalistic setting -- Decision making under risk : effect of complexity on performance -- Gender differences in decision-making behaviour -- Gender and DSS design : the research implications -- Male and female betting behaviour--new perspectives -- Gender-based differences in leisure behaviour : performance, risk-taking and confidence in off-course betting -- Decision-making, risk and gender : are managers different? -- The use of information by decision makers and deviations from rational economic behaviour -- A violation of dominance and the consumption value of gambling -- Exploring decision makers' use of price information in a speculative market -- Gluck's second law : an empirical investigation of horserace betting in early and late races -- Investigating the roots of the favourite-longshot bias : an analysis of decision-making by supply and demand-side agents in parallel betting markets -- Market efficiency analysis requires a sensitivity to market characteristics : some observations on a recent study of betting market efficiency -- Efficiency characteristics of a market for state contingent claims -- Market ecology and decision behaviour in state-contingent claims markets -- Calibration of subjective probability judgements in a naturalistic setting
Mode of access: Internet