Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174665 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
56th Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "Cities & Regions: Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive?", 23-26 August 2016, Vienna, Austria
Publisher: 
European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Louvain-la-Neuve
Abstract: 
Ackerlof and Shiller (2015), and many others, argue that slot machines are manipulative and deceptive. We examine whether the removal of slots from a specific bar or restaurant impacts bankruptcy filings in the immediate vicinity. Our identification strategy compares consumers that are fractions of a kilometer from the closed slot location, compared to consumers slightly further away. We find that the removal of slots from a bar or restaurant significantly reduces the number of neighboring bankruptcies. These effects are dependent on the dollar amount of gambling removed from each location, as well as the distance from the location.
Subjects: 
neighborhood disamenities
slot machines
bankruptcy
JEL: 
R11
R32
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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