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David Kerr Forrest (born 1953) is an applied economist and econometrician who specialises in analysis of the sports and gambling industries. He has contributed substantially to literature on sport and gambling markets from the 1990s to the present. He regularly appears as a media expert in this area in the UK. ==Academic and research career== He completed his BA in Economics from the University of Liverpool, and followed this with an MA in Economics from the University of Manchester. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Western Ontario with his thesis covering "Unemployment and age structure: some consequences of the post-war baby boom"〔(【引用サイトリンク】University of Salford">url=http://www.salford.ac.uk/business-school/business-academics/david-forrest )〕 After originally being employed as a visiting lecturer at McMaster University, he was appointed as a lecturer in the Economics department at the University of Liverpool and the University of Manchester in the early 1980s. In 1986 he joined the University of Salford as a lecturer, followed by positions as Senior Lecturer and Reader before being appointed as Professor of Economics in 2007. Since the late 1990s he has had over 35 papers in refereed journals, 13 chapters in books and has been awarded various research awards and contracts in relation to this specialist interest areas.〔 In 2008 he produced a report, with Ian McHale for the CCPR (a consortium of the major governing bodies for UK sport) on the threat of betting to the integrity of sport.〔 With David Percy he has undertaken significant work for the National Lottery Commission. Since 2008 he has provided statistical work and previous to that provided consultancy advice for the same body on the fairness of the ''Lotto Extra'' (defunct) and ''Thunderball'' games, the randomness of the ''Lucky Dip'' facility in the ''Lotto'' game and the game itself and the fairness of the ''National Lottery'' draw.〔 He was awarded an honorary Professorial position by Macao Polytechnic Institute〔(【引用サイトリンク】Macao Polytechnic Institute">url=https://csc.ipm.edu.mo/mpi_home/news/detail-e.asp?news_id=2341 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Forrest (academic)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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