Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58354 
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Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 322
Publisher: 
University of Minnesota, Center for Economic Research, Minneapolis, MN
Abstract: 
Although gambling is primarily an economic activity, no single theory of the demand for gambles has gained wide-spread acceptance among economists. This paper proposes a simple model of the demand for gambling that is based on the standard economic assumptions that (1) resources are scarce and (2) consumer’s utility increases with income at a decreasing rate. This model has the advantages that (1) it is based solely on changes in income, (2) is potentially applicable to most consumers, (3) preserves the assumption of diminishing marginal utility of income, (4) is consistent with the insurance-buying gambler, and (5) has intuitive appeal.
Subjects: 
gambling
demand for gambles
expected utility theory
JEL: 
D81
D11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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