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A test of the widespread-point-shaving theory
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Metadata
- Authors
- Borghesi, R., & Dare, W.
- Affiliations
- University of South Florida (US)
- Oklahoma State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Borghesi, Richard
- ORCID
- Borghesi, Richard
- Venue
- Finance Research Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 115-121
- ISSN
- 1544-6131 (ISSN-L)
- 1544-6123
- OpenAlex
- W2089556648
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- autopapers.ssrn.com
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- Finance research letters (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Sports Analytics and Performance
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Doping in Sports
- Keywords
- NCAA basketball, corruption, sports betting, betting markets, favorites, coaching methods, conspiracy
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