risk and reward Johnson, Johnnie Bruce, Alistair text bibliography nyu New York, NY Routledge 2008 monographic eng

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xxiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 1 online resource (xxiii, 368 p.) : ill. 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 specialized edited by Johnnie Johnson and Alistair Bruce Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references and indexes Mode of access: Internet Decision making Risk-taking (Psychology) Horse racing Great Britain Gambling Great Britain 9780415426282 (hardcover) 0415426286 (hardcover) 9780203932810 (ebook) 0203932811 (ebook) 9780203932810 (electronic bk.) 0203932811 (electronic bk.) 9786611457068 6611457062 0415426286 (Cloth) http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=219651 http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=219651 UMP 081127 20251117145435.0 vtls000032911