An experiment on prediction markets in science

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Almenberg, Johan ^a   Kittlitz, Ken ^b   Pfeiffer, Thomas ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b Consensus Point ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; MARKET; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PUBLISHING;

FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949532861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008500     Document Type: Article

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