On the efficiency of online soccer betting markets: a new methodology based on symbolic series
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Econometric Modelling; Efficient Market Hypothesis; Financial Economics; Information Theory;All these keywords.
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- C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
- G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
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