Five Open Questions About Prediction Markets

Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

Interest in prediction markets has increased in the last decade, driven in part by the hope that these markets will prove to be valuable tools in forecasting, decision-making and risk management -- in both the public and private sectors. This paper outlines five open questions in the literature, and we argue that resolving these questions is crucial to determining whether current optimism about prediction markets will be realized

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Year of publication:	February 2006
Authors:	Wolfers, Justin
Other Persons:	Zitzewitz, Eric (contributor)
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (contributor)
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research
Subject:	Prognosemarkt \| Prediction market \| Manipulation \| Prognoseverfahren \| Forecasting model \| Risikomanagement \| Risk management \| Wirtschaftsprognose \| Economic forecast \| Informationsdienstleistung \| Information services

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Series:	NBER working paper series ; no. w12060
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers.
Other identifiers:	10.3386/w12060 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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