Information markets vs. opinion pools: An empirical comparison

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 58-67

  Chen, Yiling ^a   Chu, Chao Hsien ^a   Mullen, Tracy ^a   Pennock, David M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert opinions; Forecasting; Information markets; Opinion pools; Prediction accuracy

Indexed keywords

EXPERT OPINIONS; INFORMATION MARKETS; OPINION POOLS; PREDICTION ACCURACY;

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

MARKETING;

EID: 30044438408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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