Prediction markets: Trading uncertainty for collective wisdom

Collective Wisdom: Principles and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-37

  Servan Schreiber, Emile ^a  

^a Lumenogic ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84905826826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511846427.002     Document Type: Chapter

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