The Power of Predictive Markets
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A recent article in The Journal of Economic Perspectives by Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz describes how a new kind of market for prediction and forecasting delivers surprisingly accurate results in a variety of domains. Here, we see predicted versus actual movie opening takes, based on data from the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Exerpt from article: […]