Health forecasting is a novel area of forecasting, and a valuable tool for predicting future
health events or situations such as demands for health services and healthcare needs. It …

The aim of this study was to develop an insight into the importance and impact of attributes
which affect the competitiveness of tourism destinations. Using a general conceptual model …

Previous studies of attendance demand for professional team sports have failed to yield
clear‐cut findings on the importance of outcome uncertainty to consumers. But potentially …

“A wealth of research in recent decades has seen the economic approach to human
behavior extended over many areas previously considered to belong to sociology, political …

Health forecasting forewarns the health community about future health situations and
disease episodes so that health systems can better allocate resources and manage …

This paper evaluates the efficiency of online betting markets for European (association)
football leagues. The existing literature shows mixed empirical evidence regarding the …

An efficient market incorporates news into prices immediately and fully. Tests for efficiency in
financial markets have been undermined by information leakage. We test for efficiency in …

This paper assesses the international efficiency of the European football betting market by
examining the forecastability of match outcomes on the basis of the information contained in …

A large amount of effort is spent on forecasting the outcomes of sporting events, but few
papers have focused exclusively on the characteristics of sports forecasts. Instead, many …

We show that the probabilities determined from betting odds using Shin's model are more
accurate forecasts than those determined using basic normalization or regression models …