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Books Casinonomics: The socioeconomic impacts of the casino industry Springer 2013 | ISBN 978-1461471226 | Japanese translation published by Nikkei Business Publications, Tokyo 2015 For a free pdf copy, please send me an email request. The economics of casino gambling Springer 2007 | ISBN 978-3540351023 | Chinese translation published by Yang-Chih Book Co, Taiwan 2008 Working Papers Behavioral effects of match play promotions, with Brent Evans (November 2023) How will legal sports betting do in Arkansas? Working paper, based on report prepared for the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics (November 2018) Journal Articles / Book Chapters 2023 The relationship between the U.S. economy and consumer spending in the U.S. casino sector, with Russell Sobel and Alan Meister. Gaming Law Review. A comparison of clustered and isolated casino performance in Missouri, with Todd nesbit. UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal. 2022 Quitting while you're ahead: Evidence for individual gambling thresholds from a survey of Massachusetts gamblers, with Debi LaPlante and Sarah Nelson. Journal of Gambling Business and Economics 2021 Did video gaming expansion boost municipal revenues in Illinois? with Gary Wagner. Southern Economic Journal 2020 The Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: A revised framework for understanding gambling harm, with M. Hilbrecht, D. Baxter, et al. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 2018 Gambling taxes, with Colllin Hodges. Chapter 17 in For Your Own Good, edited by Adam Hoffer and Todd Nesbit. Mercatus Center at George Mason University. ISBN 978-1942951384. 2017  The effect of casino proximity on lottery sales: Evidence from Maryland, with Will Cummings and Chad Cotti. Contemporary Economic Policy 2016 A review of regulatory theory and the U.S. casino industry, with Peter Calcagno. Journal of Gambling Business and Economics  Social and economic impacts of gambling, with Russell Sobel. Current Addiction Reports 2015 Setting win limits: An alternative approach to "responsible gambling"?, with Stephen Litvin, Russell Sobel, and Renée St-Pierre. Journal of Gambling Studies. [Shorter/summary version of paper:   Stopping when you're ahead: Win limits and responsible gambling] 2014 The debate over legal casino gambling. Chapter 1 in Regulating Land Based Casinos, edited by Anthony Cabot. UNLV Gaming Press. ISBN 978-1939546074 How availability and accessibility of gambling venues influence problem gambling: A review of the literature, with Renée St-Pierre, Jeffrey Derevensky, and Rina Gupta. Gaming Law Review and Economics Casino revenue sensitivity to competing casinos: A spatial analysis of Missouri, with Todd Nesbit. Growth and Change 2013  Overview of the economic and social impacts of gambling in the United States. Chapter in the Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Gambling, edited by Leighton Vaughan Williams and Donald Siegel. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199797912.  Casinos and economic growth: An update, with John Jackson. Journal of Gambling Business and Economics Casinos and political corruption in the United States, with Peter Calcagno. Applied Economics The relationship of ADHD symptoms to gambling behavior in the USA: Results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, with Chris Clark and Lia Nower. International Gambling Studies 2012 Gambling on lotteries and casinos in Tennessee. Chapter in Freedom and Prosperity in Tennessee, edited by J.R. Clark. ISBN 978-0615703572. William R. Eadington and the economics of gambling, with Kahlil Philander. UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal Tribute to the International Conference on Gambling & Risk-Taking. UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal Problems identified by Makela parallel those in "social cost of gambling" studies: A comment on "Cost-of-alcohol studies as a research program" Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2011 The financial returns to casino amenities, with Lonnie Bryant. Journal of Gambling Business and Economics The roots of modern 'social cost of gambling' estimates, with Shannon Kelly. Economic Affairs The effects of legalized gambling on state government revenue, with John Jackson. Contemporary Economic Policy Casino revenues and retail property values: The Detroit case, with Jon Wiley. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 2010 The impact of casinos on fatal alcohol-related traffic accidents in the United States, with Chad Cotti. Journal of Health Economics  Casinos and crime in the U.S. Chapter in the Handbook on the Economics of Crime, edited by Bruce Benson and Paul Zimmerman. Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1847209542. The relationship between gambling behavior and binge drinking, hard drug use, and paying for sex, with Chris Clark and Jessie Folk. UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal  Determinants of the probability and timing of commercial casino legalization in the United States, with Peter Calcagno and John Jackson. Public Choice 2009 Are gamblers more likely to commit crimes? Evidence from a nationally representative survey of U.S. young adults, with Chris Clark. International Gambling Studies Katrina and the Gulf states casino industry, with John Jackson. Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis 2008  Evaluating crime attributable to casinos in the U.S.: A closer look at Grinols and Mustard's "Casinos, crime, and community costs". Journal of Gambling Business and Economics  Clarification on the social costs of gambling. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management Market-based "disaster relief": Katrina and the casino industry, with John Jackson. International Journal of Social Economics The diluted economics of casinos and crime. Econ Journal Watch Do U.S. gambling industries cannibalize each other? with John Jackson. Public Finance Review Do casinos really cause crime? Econ Journal Watch Ongoing challenges in research on the social costs of gambling. Chapter in Economic Aspects of Gambling Regulation: EU and US Perspectives, edited by Tom Coryn, et al. Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 978-90-04-16559-5. 2007 Do casinos cause economic growth? with John Jackson. American Journal of Economics and Sociology Problems in quantifying the social costs and benefits of gambling. American Journal of Economics and Sociology  Book review: Gambling in America, by Earl Grinols. Southern Economic Journal pre-2007  Kindt's paper epitomizes the problems in gambling research. Managerial and Decision Economics (2004)  Methodological issues in the social cost of gambling studies. Journal of Gambling Studies (2003) Is professional gambling a directly unproductive profit-seeking (DUP) activity? International Gambling Studies (2001) The social costs of gambling: An economic perspective, with Andy Barnett. Journal of Gambling Studies (1999) Published with a comment by Richard McGowan and a response by Walker and Barnett. State lotteries, isolation, and economic growth in the U.S., with John Jackson. Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies (1999) Legalized casino gambling and the export base theory of economic growth. Gaming Law Review and Economics (1999)  New goods and economic growth: Evidence from legalized gambling, with John Jackson. Review of Regional Studies (1998) Comment on "Legal gambling as a strategy of economic development". Economic Development Quarterly (1998)