State and Local Public Finance provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of
state and local government public finance practices and issues, using the basic tools of …

This article surveys the application of normative tax theory to gambling tax policy. The
analysis suggests that fixed license based taxes may be preferable to taxes on gross …

In this paper we document the income-related inequality in gambling. We employ a novel
database from 2014–2017 waves of the Italian Population Survey on Alcohol and other …

In recent years, the Italian gambling market has exploded, leading Italy to become the
largest European gambling market and the fourth largest worldwide but the literature on the …

The problem of how to attract a robust following on social media is one of the most pressing
for influencers. We study a common practice on popular microblogging platforms such as …

Using daily lottery data from Washington State by zip code from January 2011 through mid‐
March 2016, we estimate that Powerball income elasticities range from− 0.16 to 0.16 as the …

The sports lottery, as a distinct sport product, has gained increasing popularity throughout
the world. This study empirically examines the relationship between social demographic …

Gambling disorder is a “hidden disease” due to the lack of visible markers. It often negatively
affects multiple domains of a person's life and predicts adverse physical, mental, social, and …

Sales are modelled for 50 Spanish provinces over 522 draws of a high prize lotto game. A
crossed random effects model allows for random shocks specific to particular draws and to …

Abstract From May 17, 2002 to December 30, 2014, there were 1,318 Mega Millions
drawings and 153 were winning drawings. In 148 out of 153 winning drawings, there was no …