Forecasting elections with mere recognition from small, lousy samples: A comparison of collective recognition, wisdom of crowds, and representative polls

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-88

  Gaissmaier, Wolfgang ^a   Marewski, Julian N ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Heuristics; Political elections; Recognition; Wisdom of crowds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951609404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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