An experimental test of combinatorial information markets

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-189

  Ledyard, John ^a   Hanson, Robin ^b   Ishikida, Takashi ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Net Exchange   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Bias; Prediction; Quantal response

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649116032     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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