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← Never try to divine the IOC decisions on Olympics venues, Mike.
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Why did all the prediction markets get the Olympic decision to reject Chicago so wrong?

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The blogger at Sabernomics sees “this as a win for prediction markets, not a failure.”

I don’t share his views, but I wanted to link to his piece for you to make up your own mind about the issue.

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This entry was posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Meta), Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Information Technology, Leading & Lagging Indicators and tagged 2016 Summer Olympics, accuracy, Chicago, Collective Forecasting, International Olympic Committee, IOC, leading indicators, Olympics, prediction markets. Bookmark the permalink.
← Never try to divine the IOC decisions on Olympics venues, Mike.
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