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Introduction to Utility Preferences of Racetrack Bettors

In: Efficiency Of Racetrack Betting Markets

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  • Donald B. Hausch

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

  • Victor S. Y. Lo

    (University of British Columbia, Canada)

  • William T. Ziemba

    (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Abstract

Racetrack betting is a classic example of decision making under uncertainty. The options available to a bettor - they types of wagers possible - are clearly understood. A bettor's probabilities are, of course, only subjective, not objective. Considerable data is available to refine one's probabilities and the parimutuel method aggregates these individual assessments to arrive at the public's assessment which, as was discussed in the previous sections, roughly approximates objective probabilities. The papers in this section attempt to describe the risk-taking behavior of the representative bettor by evaluating this bettor's utility function and by comparing reactions to different wagers that have similar risk characteristics…

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  • Donald B. Hausch & Victor S. Y. Lo & William T. Ziemba, 2008. "Introduction to Utility Preferences of Racetrack Bettors," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Donald B Hausch & Victor SY Lo & William T Ziemba (ed.), Efficiency Of Racetrack Betting Markets, chapter 7, pages 39-40, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812819192_0007
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