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The Promise of Prediction Markets

Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert Forsythe, Michael Gorham, Robert Hahn [email protected], Robin Hanson, John O. Ledyard, Saul Levmore, Robert Litan, Paul Milgrom, Forrest D. Nelson, George R. Neumann, Marco Ottaviani, Thomas C. Schelling, Robert J. Shiller, Vernon L. Smith, Erik Snowberg, Cass R. Sunstein, Paul C. Tetlock, Philip E. Tetlock, Hal R. Varian, Justin Wolfers, and Eric ZitzewitzAuthors Info & Affiliations
Science
16 May 2008
Vol 320, Issue 5878
pp. 877-878
DOI: 10.1126/science.1157679
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Kenneth J. Arrow
Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Robert Forsythe
College of Business, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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Michael Gorham
Stuart School of Business, Illnois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60661, USA
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Robert Hahn* [email protected]
Reg-Markets Center at American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC 20036, USA
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Robin Hanson
Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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John O. Ledyard
Department of Economics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Saul Levmore
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Robert Litan
Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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Paul Milgrom
Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Forrest D. Nelson
Department of Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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George R. Neumann
Department of Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Marco Ottaviani
Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Thomas C. Schelling
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Robert J. Shiller
Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Vernon L. Smith
Chapman University School of Law, Orange, CA 92866, USA
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Erik Snowberg
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Cass R. Sunstein
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Paul C. Tetlock
Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Philip E. Tetlock
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Hal R. Varian
School of Information, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Justin Wolfers
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Eric Zitzewitz
Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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