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Up from poverty? : the 1832 Cherokee land lottery and the long-run distribution of wealth
Bleakley, C. Hoyt; Ferrie, Joseph P. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772404
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Up from Poverty? The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery and the Long-Run Distribution of Wealth
Bleakley, Hoyt - 2013
The state of Georgia allocated most of its land to the public through a system of lotteries. These episodes provide unusual opportunities to assess the long-term impact of large shocks to wealth, as winning was uncorrelated with individual characteristics and participation was nearly universal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079754
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Up from Poverty? The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery and the Long-run Distribution of Wealth
Bleakley, Hoyt - 2013
The state of Georgia allocated most of its land to the public through a system of lotteries. These episodes provide unusual opportunities to assess the long-term impact of large shocks to wealth, as winning was uncorrelated with individual characteristics and participation was nearly universal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459487
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Do smoking bans always hurt the gaming industry? : differentiated impacts on the market value of casino firms in Macao (China)
Zhang, Jing Hua; Tam, Kwo Ping; Zhou, Nan - 2016
The gaming economy has expanded rapidly in East Asia during the past decade. Despite the public health hazards of Second Hand Smoking (SHS), smoking bans in casinos remain controversial due to concerns over potential economic losses for casino firms. Applying an event study method, the authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473725
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Does economic policy uncertainty encourage gambling? : evidence from the Chinese welfare lottery market
Xu, Can; Steiner, Andreas; Haan, Jakob de - 2023
This paper investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on gambling activity in China. Based on a … data on lottery sales in Chinese provinces to estimate the short- and long-run effect of EPU on gambling. Our results … suggest that EPU has a significant positive effect on gambling in the short run. In addition, we find that this positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013503360
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Does Economic Policy Uncertainty Encourage Gambling? Evidence from the Chinese Welfare Lottery Market
Xu, Can; Steiner, Andreas; de Haan, Jakob - 2023
This paper investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on gambling activity in China. Based on a … data on lottery sales in Chinese provinces to estimate the short- and long-run effect of EPU on gambling. Our results … suggest that EPU has a significant positive effect on gambling in the short run. In addition, we find that this positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262034
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How did regular sports bettors behave during covid-19 lockdown? : evidence from Poland
Nosal, Przemysław; Lopez-Gonzalez, Hibai - In: European Sport management quarterly : ESMQ 21 (2021) 3, pp. 406-420
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Global income distribution and poverty: Implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios
Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010
population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …. While high economic growth rates in China and India may lift millions out of poverty, high population growth and stagnation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272101
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Global income distribution and poverty : implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios
Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010
population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …. While high economic growth rates in China and India may lift millions out of poverty, high population growth and stagnation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736186