Integer programming models were used to examine optimal monthly feeding strategies and costs for March and May calving alternatives. Body condition scores were allowed to fluctuate throughout the year except for calving and breeding periods. The May calving strategy decreased annual feeding...

Bookmakers have argued that person-to-person internet 'betting exchanges' represent unfair competition. In this paper we suggest that, in fact, betting exchanges have brought about significant efficiency gains by lowering transaction costs for consumers. We test this hypothesis using matched...

Using bookmaker odds data derived from ten seasons of Flat Racing in the UK, we confirm the existence of a favourite-longshot bias; i.e., the expected return to level stake bets placed at shorter odds exceeds that to level stake bets placed at longer odds. We find, however, that the degree of...

We present a new model analyzing the effect of uncertainty faced by bookmakers. It is shown that bettors with inside information or expert analysis decrease the odds set by profitmaximizing bookmakers. Data on previously unraced 2-year-old horses and those that have raced previously are used to...

Many areas of the US recently endured a severe drought and management strategies to cope with the lack of forage production varied. A multi-period mathematical model is presented that estimates the outcomes of two common producer responses to changes in precipitation, partial liquidation and...