Via Greek Extraordinaire George Tziralis, Der Spiegel on prediction markets (Internet-Orakel sieht Hollywoods Blockbuster voraus). Here’-s a translation of the highlights (provided by George):
title: Internet Oracle foresee Hollywood Blockbusters
abstract: In virtual exchanges web users bet on the success of films, novels nd computer games. The number of applications that use such prognoses grow, the branch booms. Indeed, the scientists confirm: Nobody can make forecasts in Hollywood success as good as market games in internet.secondary titles:
Always new prediction markets
More reliable than experts
professor Spann: The market weights the experts’- opinions and attracts through incentives new knowledge
Good Forecasts in elections, Sport, Films
Justin Wolfers: Such prediction markets bring normally better predictions than experts, when election, sport results or economic development forecasts are concerned.
Base market study: Strong concept with distinctive blind marks
New concept: Idea markets
Companies test internal markets
Here’-s Justin Wolfers:
Es gibt viele andere Erfolgs-Beispiele. Justin Wolfers, Wirtschaftswissenschaftler an der University of Pennsylvania, der seit Jahren Internet-Prognoseborsen erforscht, fasst seine Ergebnisse gegenuber SPIEGEL ONLINE so zusammen: “-Solche Prognose-Markte bringen in der Regel bessere Prognosen als Experten hervor, wenn es um Wahlprognosen, Sportereignisse oder Vorhersagen zur Wirtschaftsentwicklung geht.”-
They call that “-prognosis markets”-, it seems. (Or “-prognostic markets”-, maybe.)
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