William R Eadington

Biographic Data

ID1059591
NAMEWilliam R Eadington
GIVEN NAMESWilliam R
FAMILY NAMEEadington
SIGNATUREEADINGTON W R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nevada, Reno
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS70
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX4

  • The VIP-Room Contractual System and Macao's Traditional Casino Industry

    Wuyi Wang, William R EadingtonARTICLEChina An International Journal2008Cited by: 3

    This study provides a systematic analysis of the VIP-room contractual system of Macao’s traditional casino industry. It examines the system’s historical background, its organisational structure, and its operational mechanisms. The evolving and likely future changes in the VIP sector — as well as the mass market sector — caused by the liberalisation of Macao’s gaming laws in 2001 are examined. The dynamics of the allocation of business between the…

  • The Economics of Casino Gambling

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEThe Journal of Economic…1999Cited by: 17References: 5

    America's casino industry expanded rapidly in the 1990s, spreading from Nevada and Atlantic City to mining towns, riverboats, race tracks and tribal lands, and moving from isolated resort settings to urban and suburban venues. This article examines economic characteristics of the casino industry, including the evolution of major casino markets, pricing of gaming products, market structures, regulatory constraints, and social and economic impacts …

  • Contributions of Casino-Style Gambling to Local Economies

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1998Cited by: 13References: 1

    This study examines the underlying economic and political dynamics that have led to the rapid proliferation of permitted gambling in the United States and other countries over the past decade. It notes that much of the justification for gambling has come from an attempt to exploit the economic rents and spillover benefits that accompany the legalization of gambling, and little is accorded the value that accrues to consumers of the commodity. A fr…

  • Gambling

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies1995

  • Tourism Alternatives

    Valene L Smith, William R EadingtonBOOKTourism Alternatives1992

    INTRODUCTION: The Emergence of Alternative Forms of Tourism PART 1 - THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: Alternative Tourism: Concepts, Classifications and Questions Making the Alternative Sustainable: Lessons from Development for Tourism PART 2 - CASE STUDIES: Tourism as an Element in Sustainable Development Tourism by Train: Its Role in Alternative Tourism Tourism Alternatives in an Era of Global Climatic Change

  • Gambling and Speculation

    Open AccessWilliam R Eadington, Reuven Brenner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1991

  • Economics and tourism

    Open AccessWilliam R Eadington, Milton B Redman et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1991Cited by: 22References: 23

  • Institute for the study of gambling and commercial gaming

    Open AccessWilliam R Eadington, William EadingtonARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1990

  • The seventh international conference on gambling and risk taking

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1988

  • Impact of Casino Gambling on the Community comment on Pizam and Poleka

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1986Cited by: 9References: 1

  • Gambling

    John Dombrink, James H Frey et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1985

    This is a special issue on gambling that appears in Volume 474, July 1984 of the Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science. Editors for this issue are James H. Frey and William R. Eadington

  • The Casino Gaming Industry

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1984Cited by: 3

    This article examines the economic characteristics, the political environment, and the social effects that have prevailed around the legal casino gaming industry in Nevada in recent years. Important factors that have led to changes in the financing, ownership, and acceptability of the casino industry over the past two decades are examined, as are many of the arguments for and against the legalization of casino gambling in new jurisdictions in the…

  • House of cards

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1980

  • Inter-disciplinary studies on the subject of gambling

    Open AccessWilliam R EadingtonARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1978

  • Gambling and Society. Interdisciplinary Studies on the Subject of Gambling

    Jack Dowie, William R EadingtonARTICLEThe Economic Journal1977Cited by: 3

    Journal Article Gambling and Society. Interdisciplinary Studies on the Subject of Gambling. Get access Gambling and Society. Interdisciplinary Studies on the Subject of Gambling. Edited by WILLIAM R. EADINGTON. (Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1976. Pp. xix + 466. $34.75.) Jack Dowie Jack Dowie The Open University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 87, Issue 348, 1 December 1977, …