Essays about: "Olof Cristoferson"

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  1. 1. Avoiding longshots and parlays. An empirical study on the behavior of bettors acting on a fixed-odds betting market.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Olof Cristoferson; Gustaf Franck; [2010]
    Keywords : behavioral finance; efficient market; betting; odds;

    Abstract : This paper examines an online fixed-odds betting market from market and individual perspectives by using a unique dataset giving details about up to 500 of the latest placed bets made by 536 individual bettors. At the market level, the total number of single-game bets made by those bettors is used to analyze the efficiency of the market in terms of the returns obtained from betting on various odds. READ MORE