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Daily Archive August 2nd, 2004

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: […]

Brunswik Society 20th Annual International Meeting

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20TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE BRUNSWIK SOCIETY The 20th Annual International Meeting of the Brunswik Society will be held on Thursday and Friday, November 18-19, 2004 in Minneapolis, MN, at the Millennium Hotel. The program begins at 1:30 on Thursday afternoon. We invite proposals for papers on your recent research and panel discussions on […]