For Friday, I thought I would highlight two blogs/sites that have been stopping points of mine for information on "prediction markets". At risk of botching the definition of "prediction markets", I will sidestep it a bit and say that my interest in the prediction market area stems from a few things:
- organizational behavior theory
- "wisdom of the crowds" concepts
- free-market theory (espoused at the business school at the University of Chicago and other places heavily grounded in economic principles)
- "some" overlap with Web 2.0.
A couple of prior posts of mine where I loosely touched on topics in the vicinity include a post on the Hot Hand Fund and a post on Maven Havens and del.icio.us.
But for more information on prediction markets, two stops people should visit are:
- Chris Masse’s site (maybe visit this section of Chris’ site first for some definitions of "prediction markets")
- Art Hutchinson’s site