Casinonomics The Socioeconomic Impacts of the Casino Industry /

• Main Author: Walker, Douglas M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Management for Professionals,
• Subjects: Economics.; Economic policy.; Industrial management.; Economics/Management Science.; Economics general.; Economic Policy.; Management/Business for Professionals.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7123-3

Casinonomics provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic and social impacts of the casino industry. Examining the latest cutting-edge research, with a mix of theory and empirical evidence, Casinonomics informs the reader on the most important facets at the forefront of the public policy debate...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• PART I:� Economic benefits from commercial casinos
• Casinos and economic growth
• Gambling, consumer behavior, and welfare
• Misconceptions about casinos and economic growth
• Analysis of the relationship between casinos and economic growth
• Recent evidence on casinos and economic growth
• The impact of casinos on state tax revenues
• Overview of Part I
• PART II:� Disordered gambling and related behaviors
• Casinos and drunk driving fatalities
• Gambling, crime, binge drinking, drug use, and hiring prostitutes
• Gambling and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Overview of Part II
• PART III:� Negative socioeconomic impacts of gambling
• The social costs of gambling
• Issues in social cost analysis
• Is gambling an unproductive activity?
• Casinos and crime: A review of the literature
• Casinos and commercial real estate values: A case study of Detroit
• Relationships among gambling industries
• Overview of Part III
• PART IV:� Conclusion
• Past and future
• APPENDIX:� Primer on Microeconomics.