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Parimutuel contests with strategic risk-sensitive bettors

Paul GeertsemaDepartment of Accounting and Finance, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christoph Rainer SchumacherSchool of Economics and Finance, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Pages 1140-1158 | Published online: 29 Oct 2015

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