Economics & Business Faculty Work

Title

Is Gaming the Optimal Strategy? The Impact of Gaming Facilities on the Income and Employment of American Indians

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Publication Title

Economics Letters

Volume Number

95

Issue Number

3

DOI

10.1016/j.econlet.2006.11.019

Abstract

This paper provides two-stage estimates of the economic impact of Indian gaming on tribal members. Gaming increases income among tribal members in all areas and increases employment, by reducing the number of out of the labor force, in rural areas.

ISSN

0165-1765

First Page

428

Last Page

432

Link Out URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.11.019

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