Add to ORKGState lotteries have been adopted by thirty-eight states, primarily as a means of funding “good causes ” or closing budgetary gaps. While several studies have identified the regressive nature of lotteries and factors responsible for their expansion, less is known about the underlying voting patterns that have driven this expansion. This article examines county-level voting patterns from the 2002 Tennessee lottery referendum and county-level lottery expenditures to determine whether voting reflects a latent demand for lottery or is a deliberate attempt to shift the tax burden. The results indicate that the percentage voting for lottery approval and lottery expenditure is not correlated with income and negatively correlated with education. Vo...
First, lotteries offer an opportunity to study how consumers react to straightforward risky situatio...
Today, it is increasingly difficult for states to adequately satisfy the demand for well-funded and ...
By the late 1980s, 28 states in the United States had instituted lotteries as a supplemental means o...
This article uses voting and sales data from the South Carolina Educa-tion Lottery to test whether t...
The past three decades have seen the widespread introduction of both state-level and lo-cal-level ta...
There exists a well-established literature identifying several important demand determinants of lot...
This article examines the Georgia lottery as a "policy laboratory" and its potential effect on state...
This dissertation is an economic analysis of state lotteries in America. The previous areas of lotte...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of state lotteries as sources funding ...
For 42 states and the District of Columbia, lottery games provide a steady revenue source which can ...
By the late 1980s, fiscal crises, tax revolt measures, education reform, and other factors had promp...
Since the first modern state-sponsored lottery was instituted in New Hampshire in 1964, lotteries ha...
Despite considerable controversy surrounding the use of state lotteries as a means of public finance...
This report provides an overview of lottery operations, with particular attention to who plays the l...
State-operated lotteries have recently been asserted by public administrators and academicians as pa...
First, lotteries offer an opportunity to study how consumers react to straightforward risky situatio...
Today, it is increasingly difficult for states to adequately satisfy the demand for well-funded and ...
By the late 1980s, 28 states in the United States had instituted lotteries as a supplemental means o...
This article uses voting and sales data from the South Carolina Educa-tion Lottery to test whether t...
The past three decades have seen the widespread introduction of both state-level and lo-cal-level ta...
There exists a well-established literature identifying several important demand determinants of lot...
This article examines the Georgia lottery as a "policy laboratory" and its potential effect on state...
This dissertation is an economic analysis of state lotteries in America. The previous areas of lotte...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of state lotteries as sources funding ...
For 42 states and the District of Columbia, lottery games provide a steady revenue source which can ...
By the late 1980s, fiscal crises, tax revolt measures, education reform, and other factors had promp...
Since the first modern state-sponsored lottery was instituted in New Hampshire in 1964, lotteries ha...
Despite considerable controversy surrounding the use of state lotteries as a means of public finance...
This report provides an overview of lottery operations, with particular attention to who plays the l...
State-operated lotteries have recently been asserted by public administrators and academicians as pa...
First, lotteries offer an opportunity to study how consumers react to straightforward risky situatio...
Today, it is increasingly difficult for states to adequately satisfy the demand for well-funded and ...
By the late 1980s, 28 states in the United States had instituted lotteries as a supplemental means o...