All Outputs (2)

When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers (2024)
Journal Article
Weiss-Cohen, L., Newall, P., Bart, Y., Zloteanu, M., Peacey, M., Ayton, P., & Clacher, I. (2024). When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01229-1

Both gambling and trading involve risk-taking in exchange for potential financial gains. In particular, speculative high-risk high-frequency trading closely resembles disordered gambling behaviour by attracting the same individuals who tend to be ove... Read More about When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers.

Evaluation of the ‘take time to think’ safer gambling message: a randomised, online experimental study (2023)
Journal Article
Newall, P. W., Hayes, T., Singmann, H., Weiss-Cohen, L., Ludvig, E. A., & Walasek, L. (2023). Evaluation of the ‘take time to think’ safer gambling message: a randomised, online experimental study. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2023.2

In October 2021, a majority of the UK gambling industry implemented a new UK safer gambling message, “take time to think”, which features on gambling advertising and websites. An effective safer gambling message could plausibly affect several relevan... Read More about Evaluation of the ‘take time to think’ safer gambling message: a randomised, online experimental study.