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High stakes, experts, and recency bias: evidence from a sports gambling contest

Neil MetzDepartment of Economics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Chintamani JogDepartment of Economics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, USA
Pages 2525-2529 | Published online: 14 Jul 2022

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