Sonic Thunder vs. Brian the Snail : Are people affected by uninformative racehorse names?
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- Merz, Oliver & Flepp, Raphael & Franck, Egon, 2021. "Sonic Thunder vs. Brian the Snail: Are people affected by uninformative racehorse names?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
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Keywords
Affect heuristic; Decision making; Market efficiency; Betting industry; Horse Racing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
- G40 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - General
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
- L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FOR-2019-10-21 (Forecasting)
- NEP-ORE-2019-10-21 (Operations Research)
- NEP-SPO-2019-10-21 (Sports and Economics)
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