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Pre­dic­tion Markets

TagLast edit: 7 Sep 2023 10:07 UTC by Yoav Ravid

Prediction markets are speculative markets created for the purpose of making predictions. Assets are created whose final cash value is tied to a particular event or parameter. The current market prices can then be interpreted as predictions of the probability of the event or the expected value of the parameter. Prediction markets are thus structured as betting exchanges, without any risk for the bookmaker. Robin Hanson was the first to run a corporate prediction market—at Project Xanadu -, and has made several contributions to the field such as: conditional predictions, accuracy issues and market and media manipulation.

People who buy low and sell high are rewarded for improving the market prediction, while those who buy high and sell low are punished for degrading the market prediction. Evidence so far suggests that prediction markets are at least as accurate as other institutions predicting the same events with a similar pool of participants.

Predictions markets have been used by organizations such as Google, General Electric, and Microsoft; several online and commercial prediction markets are also in operation. Historically, prediction markets have often been used to predict election outcomes.

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28 Jan 2023 22:47 UTC
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David Chee15 Mar 2023 23:19 UTC
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Robert_AIZI8 Jun 2023 13:58 UTC
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David Chee12 Jun 2023 15:54 UTC
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Connor Tabarrok28 Jun 2023 2:41 UTC
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Pre­dict­ing: Quick Start

duck_master1 Jul 2023 3:43 UTC
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Ege Erdil4 Jul 2023 0:11 UTC
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14 Aug 2023 5:13 UTC
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6 Sep 2023 10:35 UTC
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Log­i­cal Share Splitting

DaemonicSigil11 Sep 2023 4:08 UTC
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PottedRosePetal5 Oct 2023 21:24 UTC
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13 Oct 2023 1:36 UTC
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Austin Chen13 Oct 2023 18:43 UTC
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Zvi’s Man­i­fold Mar­kets House Rules

Zvi13 Nov 2023 0:28 UTC
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Bet­ting on what is un-falsifi­able and un-verifiable

Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir14 Nov 2023 21:11 UTC
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Solv­ing Two-Sided Ad­verse Selec­tion with Pre­dic­tion Mar­ket Matchmaking

Saul Munn26 Nov 2023 20:10 UTC
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niplav1 Dec 2023 20:07 UTC
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When will GPT-5 come out? Pre­dic­tion mar­kets vs. Extrapolation

Malte12 Dec 2023 2:41 UTC
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Pre­dict­ing the fu­ture with the power of the In­ter­net (and piss­ing off Rob Miles)

Writer15 Dec 2023 17:37 UTC
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Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets aren’t Magic

SimonM21 Dec 2023 12:54 UTC
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Link Col­lec­tion: Im­pact Markets

Saul Munn26 Dec 2023 9:01 UTC
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Are Me­tac­u­lus AI Timelines In­con­sis­tent?

Chris_Leong2 Jan 2024 6:47 UTC
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Hiring de­ci­sions are not suit­able for pre­dic­tion markets

SimonM8 Jan 2024 21:11 UTC
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[Question] Why have in­surance mar­kets suc­ceeded where pre­dic­tion mar­kets have not?

JNank21 Jan 2024 0:35 UTC
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Run­ning a Pre­dic­tion Mar­ket Mafia Game

Arjun Panickssery1 Feb 2024 23:24 UTC
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Con­di­tional pre­dic­tion mar­kets are ev­i­den­tial, not causal

philh7 Feb 2024 21:52 UTC
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Self-Re­solv­ing Pre­dic­tion Markets

PeterMcCluskey3 Mar 2024 2:39 UTC
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Sim­ple Kelly bet­ting in pre­dic­tion markets

jessicata6 Mar 2024 18:59 UTC
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ProbabilityEnjoyer19 Mar 2024 17:59 UTC
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