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Gaming and Strategic Ambiguity in Incentive Provision

Meyer, Margaret; Ederer, Florian; Holden, Richard - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

environment, and that deliberate lack of transparency about the incentive scheme can reduce gaming. We formally investigate these …

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Internet governance: Gambling on the periphery

Sutherland, Ewan - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

Use of the Internet by entrepreneurs has transformed gambling. Many have notionally located their businesses away from jurisdictions with heavy taxes and intrusive regulation, to offshore centres with very low taxes and regulations intended to prove their statistics and the avoidance of money...

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What Does a Concept Attract? The Case of Gaming in Macau

Lai, Rose Neng; So, Raymond W.; Siu, Ricardo Chi Sen - In: Journal of Gambling Business and Economics 2 (2008) 3, pp. 1-22

This paper examines herding behavior among Hong Kong investors using announcements of the opening of new casinos in Macau. The results show that there is a difference in the herding behavior toward these “Macau concept” stocks before and after the change in investment sentiment regarding...

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Gaming industry and financial intermediaries: risks and possible corrective measures

Baldinelli, Corrado; Leanza, Salvatore - In: BANCARIA 02 (2012) February

The gaming market has expanded rapidly in recent years. In its money transfer potential, the gaming industry is a … the reliability, stability and efficiency of the gaming operators themselves.The gaming industry contends with serious …

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The pitfalls and perils of payment by results

Boyle, David - In: Local Economy 26 (2011) 8, pp. 627-634

led to increases in complexity and bureaucracy to counteract the gaming of the system by frontline staff. The emergence of …

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Smoke-free law did not affect revenue from gaming in Delaware

Mandel, Lev L MSc.; Alamar, Benjamin Ph.D.; Glantz, … - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2005

Objective: To determine the effect of the Delaware smoke-free law on gaming revenue. Methods: Linear regression of … gaming revenue and average revenue per machine on a public policy variable, time, while controlling for economic activity and … or average revenue per machine. Conclusion: Smoke-free laws are associated with no change in gaming revenue. …

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Asymmetric Players and Bargaining for Profit Shares in Natural Resource Development

Anandalingam, G. - In: Management Science 33 (1987) 8, pp. 1048-1057

In this paper we study how natural resource development contracts depend on the level of bargaining power of Trans National Corporations (Agents) and host country governments (Principal). We concentrate on share contracts where a portion of the net firm income from resource development is...

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Gaming the system

Bay, Thomas; Sjodin, Ulrika; McGoun, Elton G. - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 3 (2011) 1, pp. 5-17

speculative instruments, as the primary vehicle. The phrase 'gaming the system' usually means taking advantage of the system; that … 'gaming the system' can also mean generally transforming a system with productive purposes into one whose purpose is enjoyment …

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Social Profiles and Social Behaviour and Attitudes towards Gaming and On-Line Gaming in Spain

MARTÍNEZ, Francisco Javier RUIZ - In: Economia. Seria Management 14 (2011) 2, pp. 450-459

Communication Technologies (ICT) leading to new business spheres escaping from the traditional Nation-State control. The gaming … social description of gaming is needed to know which actors are involved in this field of activities, which is the profile of … article focuses on the social profiles and the social behaviour and attitudes towards gaming in Spain, and specially in the …

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The Validity of Laboratory Research in Social and Behavioral Science

Vissers, Geert; Heyne, Gerton; Peters, Vincent; Guerts, Jac - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 35 (2001) 2, pp. 129-145

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