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When Markets Beat The Polls – Scientific American Magazine
Via Mat Fogarty of Xpree (an innovative firm providing software for enterprise prediction markets), the Scientific American magazine on prediction markets –”When Markets Beat the Polls”.
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Abstract:
When Markets Beat the Polls; March 2008; Scientific American Magazine; by Gary Stix; 8 Page(s)
In late March 1988 three [...]
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Also tagged accuracy, American Magazine, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Gary Stix, George H. W. Bush, IEM, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Electronic Markets, Jesse Jackson, Michigan, polls, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, the Scientific American, The University of Iowa, Xpree
When Markets Beat The Polls – Scientific American Magazine
Abstract:
When Markets Beat the Polls; March 2008; Scientific American Magazine; by Gary Stix; 8 Page(s)
In late March 1988 three economists from the University of Iowa were nursing beers at a local hangout in Iowa City, when conversation turned to the news of the day. Jesse Jackson had captured 55 percent of the votes in the [...]
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets
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Also tagged accuracy, American Magazine, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Gary Stix, George H. W. Bush, IEM, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Electronic Markets, Jesse Jackson, Michigan, polls, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, The University of Iowa
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