Gambling in America: Costs and Benefits

by Grinols Earl L. and Earl L. Grinols

Book Overview

Gambling in America carefully breaks ground by developing analytical tools to assess the benefits and costs of the economic and social changes introduced by casino gambling in monetary terms, linking them to individual households' utility and well-being. Since casinos are associated with unintended and often negative economic consequences, these factors are incorporated into the discussion. The book also shows how amenity benefits - for casinos, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521124174
• ISBN13: 9780521124171
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"