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Merger Markets on Microsoft-Yahoo

Posted on February 2, 2008 by Robin Hanson

HP began to explore prediction markets in 1996, but did not even consider applying them to the 2002 HP-Compaq merger. Similarly, Yahoo and Microsoft are two of the companies mentioned most often as being involved in prediction markets (along with … Continue reading →

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ads, auctions and markets: a proposal

Posted on November 14, 2007 by George Tziralis

Ads make the web go round. US internet advertisement expenditure is expected to surpass $21 billions in 2007, while the share of web ads in the UK is already bigger than ad spending in radio and newspapers. More specifically, adwords … Continue reading →

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