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Robin Hanson is not convinced by the Google experiment with enterprise prediction markets –to say the least.

Written by Chris F. Masse on January 14, 2008 — 1 Comment

Robin Hanson in a comment on Marginal Revolution:

This is important work for organizational sociology, but not for prediction markets, as this does little to help us find and field high value markets.

Finally, somebody who speaks the truth.

See also the comment of economist Michael Giberson.

Related Links: Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence From Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill (Google economic analyst), Justin Wolfers (University of Pennsylvania) and Eric Zitzewitz (Dartmouth College)

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Posted in Case Studies, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged corporate prediction markets, Dartmouth College, economic analyst, economist, enterprise prediction markets, Eric Zitzewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, internal prediction markets, Justin Wolfers, Michael Giberson, micro-geography, Pennsylvania, prediction markets, private prediction markets, Robin Hanson, University of Pennsylvania

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Chris F. Masse

March 26, 2008 at 12:54 pm | Permalink

Do Google’s enterprise prediction markets work?
http://www.midasoracle.org/200.....markets-4/

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