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"Lootboxes" in digital games : a gamble with consumers in need of regulation? : an evaluation based on learnings from Japan
Koeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema; Mitomo, Hitoshi - 2018
calls for regulation because if their gambling like elements. Japan had similar mechanics in games for a long time called … Lootboxes are in comparison to "Gacha" in Japan and investigates whether they would qualify as gambling using a gambling … taxonomy. Lootboxes and Gacha can be seen as very similar and comparable and both would not qualify as gambling in traditional …
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How rational is gambling?
Stetzka, Robin; Winter, Stefan - In: Journal of economic surveys 37 (2023) 4, pp. 1432-1488
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More risk - less solidarity? : an experimental investigation
Costard, Jano - 2009
A solidarity game was conducted where participants were able to choose between two lotteries with same expected values. However, in one lottery, the risky one, participants faced a higher probability to receive no endowment. The winners were then able to discriminate between subjects risk...
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More risk - less solidarity? : an experimental investigation
Costard, Jano - 2009 - Revised version: February 2011
A solidarity game was conducted where participants were able to choose between two lotteries with same expected values. However, in one lottery, the risky one, participants faced a higher probability to receive no endowment. The winners were then able to discriminate between subjects risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905848
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Inconsistent incomplete information : a betting experiment
Güth, Werner; Erviti, Loreto Llorente; Ziegelmeyer, Anthony - 2009
We study two person-betting games with inconsistent commonly know beliefs, using an experimental approach. In our experimental games, participants bet against one another, each bettor choosing one of two possible outcomes, and payoff odds are know at the time bets are placed. Bettors’ beliefs...
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A closer look at the tax incidence of instant lottery games : an analysis by price point
Garrett, Thomas Andrew - 2011
The tax incidence of different price-point instant lottery games is examined. Theoretical reasons exist for expecting higher-priced instant lottery games to be less regressive than lower-priced instant games. Using game-level data from a sample of states, the empirical results show that...
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Splitting Tournaments
Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2010
In this paper we investigate how heterogeneous agents choose among tournaments with different prizes. We show that if the number of agents is sufficiently small, multiple equilibria can arise. Depending on how the prize money is split over the tournaments, these may include, for example, a...
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Do casinos pay their customers to become risk-averse? : Revising the house money effect in a natural experiment
Dobusch, Leonhard; Flepp, Raphael; Franck, Egon - 2015
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Consistent or balanced? : on the dynamics of voluntary contributions
Gallier, Carlo; Reif, Christiane; Römer, Daniel - 2015 - Version February 2015
We investigate the dynamic effects of a charitable lottery and an income tax on donations. The analysis is based on a two-round dictator game with the subject’s charity of choice as recipient and additional incentives in the first round only. The immediate effect of a charitable lottery leads...
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Gamblers' rationality in parimutuel soccer betting : strategisches Spielverhalten bei Totalisatorspielen mit nicht-gleichwahrscheinlichen Spielausgängen wie Toto und Torwette
Hauser-Rethaller, Ursula; König, Ulrich; Krylova, Elizaveta - 2000
. -- Totalisatorwetten ; angewandte Spieltheorie ; Glücksspiel … making under risk and uncertainty ; parimutuel betting ; sports ; gambling …
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