1st Edition

Prediction Markets Theory and Applications

Edited By Leighton Vaughan Williams Copyright 2011
288 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

How can we effectively aggregate disparate pieces of information that are spread among many different individuals? In other words, how does one best access the ‘wisdom of the crowd’? Prediction markets, which are essentially speculative markets created for the purpose of aggregating information and making predictions, offer the answer to this question. The effective use of these markets has the... Read more

Introduction Leighton Vaughan Williams  1. Idea Markets as an Evaluation Tool: Between Beauty Contests and Prediction Markets Marco Ottaviani  2. How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz  3. Mechanisms for Prediction Markets Yiling Chen  4. Information Markets for Decision Making: Performance and Feasibility Karen Croxson  5. Using Prediction Markets in New Product Development Bernd Skiera and Martin Spann  6. Prediction Market Accuracy for Business Forecasting Andreas Graefe  7. Price Biases and Contract Design : Lessons from Tradesports Richard Borghesi  8. The Predictive Ability of Financial Markets Les Coleman  9. Markets’ ability to predict conditional probabilities: Evidence from the US Presidential Campaign Lionel Page  10. Prediction Markets: A Study on the Taiwan Experience Shu-Heng Chen et al.  11. Uses of Sports Wagering-Based Prediction Markets Outside of the World of Gambling Rodney J. Paul and Andrew P. Weinbach  12. Experimental Prediction and Pari-Mutuel Betting Markets Charles Noussair  13. The Economic Analysis of Sports Betting by Expert Gamblers and Insiders: A Survey John Peirson  14. The Case of Football Betting Reviewed Johnnie Johnson and A. Oikonomodis  15. The Prediction Market for the Australian Football League Adi Schnytzer  16. Do Experts Know More than the Crowd: A Case Study Michael Smith

Biography

Leighton Vaughan Williams is Professor of Economics and Finance and Director of the Betting Research and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK.