scholarly journals Does Sports Betting Affect Investment Behaviour? Evidence from Ghanaian Sports Betting Participants

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Ofosu ◽  
Richard Angelous Kotey

The study sought to assess the impact of sports betting on the investment behaviour of Ghanaians, focusing on sports betting centers within the Accra Metropolis, Ghana. The objectives of this observational study were to determine how individuals perceive the risk of sports lotteries as opposed to investment, to determine if sports lottery was viewed as an alternative to investments and savings, and to understand how participation in sports lotteries affects individuals’ ability to save and invest. In adopting a survey approach, 99 sports betting participants across selected betting centers were examined using questionnaires and the data subsequently analyzed through cross-tabulations. The study found that sports betting behaviour had a complementary rather than a substitutionary effect on investment behaviour. The participants were both risk-aware and risk-averse, but engaged nevertheless in betting for a chance of winning a high payoff. Thus, the findings demonstrated that sports betting participants viewed betting as a means to an end, a chance to improve their financial circumstances, rather than as a substitute for investing, and exhibited understanding of a clear distinction, with regards to behaviour, towards investing and sports betting. In return for a substantive payoff, the respondents were willing to stop sports betting, thereby indicating that the financial payoffs were the main motivation for sports betting. The findings also provided evidence that individual sports betting behaviour can be moderated by influencing one’s financial circumstances.RésuméL’étude cherche à évaluer l’incidence des paris sportifs sur le comportement d’investissement des Ghanéens, en mettant l’accent sur les centres de paris sportifs au sein de la métropole d’Accra, au Ghana. Cette étude observationnelle vise à déterminer comment les personnes perçoivent le risque lié à la loterie sportive par rapport à l’investissement, à déterminer si la loterie sportive est considérée comme une solution de rechange aux investissements et à l’épargne et à comprendre comment la participation à la loterie sportive affecte la capacité des personnes à épargner et à investir. En adoptant une approche d’enquête et à l’aide de questionnaires et de données analysées dans des tableaux croisés, on a analysé 99 participants aux paris sportifs dans les centres de paris sélectionnés. L’étude a révélé que les paris sportifs avaient un effet complémentaire plutôt qu’un effet de substitution en matière de comportement d’investissement. Les participants étaient conscients du risque et démontraient une aversion au risque, mais pariaient pour avoir la chance de remporter un gain élevé. Ainsi, les résultats ont montré que les participants aux paris sportifs considéraient ces paris comme un moyen d’atteindre une fin, une chance d’améliorer leur situation financière plutôt que comme un substitut à l’investissement. Et en ce qui concerne le comportement, ils savaient clairement faire la différence entre l’investissement et les paris sportifs. Les données ont montré qu’en échange d’un gain substantiel, les répondants étaient disposés à cesser de participer à ces paris, ce qui a permis de démontrer que les gains financiers étaient la principale motivation de ces jeux. Les résultats fournissent également des preuves étayant l’idée selon laquelle le comportement individuel lié aux paris sportifs peut être modéré en influençant la situation financière de chacun.

2016 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Ninh Le Khuong ◽  
Nghiem Le Tan ◽  
Tho Huynh Huu

This paper aims to detect the impact of firm managers’ risk attitude on the relationship between the degree of output market uncertainty and firm investment. The findings show that there is a negative relationship between these two aspects for risk-averse managers while there is a positive relationship for risk-loving ones, since they have different utility functions. Based on the findings, this paper proposes recommendations for firm managers to take into account when making investment decisions and long-term business strategies as well.


2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla de Laurentis ◽  
Julius Höhne ◽  
Claudio Cavallo ◽  
Francesco Restelli ◽  
Jacopo Falco ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Caterina Trevisan ◽  
Susanna Del Signore ◽  
Stefano Fumagalli ◽  
Pietro Gareri ◽  
Alba Malara ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Laura Loertscher ◽  
Lian Wang ◽  
Shelley Schoepflin Sanders

2021 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Marina Christ Franco ◽  
Danielle B. Rice ◽  
Helena Silveira Schuch ◽  
Odir Antonio Dellagostin ◽  
Maximiliano Sérgio Cenci ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 205435812110099
Author(s):  
Benjamin Talbot ◽  
Ray Lin ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
Min Jun ◽  
Sradha Kotwal ◽  
...  

Background: Most studies addressing hemodialysis initiation with a dialysis catheter focus on patients entering maintenance dialysis programs and exclude other patients, such as those with acute kidney injury (AKI), making interpretation and application of the results difficult for clinicians managing patients at the time of dialysis commencement. Objective: To compare the survival of all patients requiring a catheter for hemodialysis access according to the nature of clinical presentation. Design: Prospective observational. Setting: An Australian tertiary renal unit. Patients: All patients requiring a central venous catheter (CVC) for hemodialysis access between 2005 and 2015. Measurements: Baseline comorbidities, demographics, and nature of clinical presentation. Data regarding each episode of dialysis access insufficiency and each CVC were collected. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Methods: Patients were classified into 1 of 3 groups based on physician assessment at the time of presentation: patients believed to have AKI with expected renal recovery (AKI), patients considered to be entering the maintenance dialysis program without a functioning dialysis access (Maintenance Dialysis), patients unable to perform peritoneal dialysis, or use their existing hemodialysis access (Access Failure). Time-split multivariable Cox regression analyses were used to compare survival between groups. Results: A total of 557 eligible patients had complete prospective data regarding CVC use and were included in the analyses. The majority of patients were in the AKI (246/557, 44%) and Maintenance Dialysis groups (182/557, 33%) compared with the Access Failure group (129/557, 23%). During a median follow-up of 3 years, 302 (54%) of the 557 patients died. Following adjustment, risk of all-cause mortality was higher in the AKI group (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.01, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.31-3.60, P = .001) during the first 2 years after catheter insertion and lower in years 2 to 4 (HR: 0.42, 95% CI: 0.20-0.88, P = .02) than in the reference Maintenance Dialysis group. No difference in mortality risk between the Access Failure and reference group was found. Limitations: Single-center study. Possible residual confounding owing to the observational study design. Conclusions: Patients requiring acute or unplanned hemodialysis experience high mortality, and the nature of clinical presentation does influence outcomes. Most notable is the greater early mortality experienced by patients with AKI compared to other patient groups. Prospective definition of the nature of unplanned dialysis initiation is important to accurately measure and improve outcomes in this high-risk patient population. Human Research Ethics Committee Approval Number CH62/6/2017-042.


2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (13) ◽  
pp. B369
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Tarantini ◽  
Gianpiero D'Amico ◽  
Boris Schmidt ◽  
Patrizio Mazzone ◽  
Sergio Berti ◽  
...  

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