Patience is a virtue: exploiting behavior bias in gambling markets
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Market Efficiency; Behavioral Bias; Sports Gambling; Decision Making;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G40 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - General
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
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