Predicting the Results of the 2010 Midterm Elections: Judgment, Econometrics, and Prediction Markets

Alfred G. Cuzán

Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, 2011, issue 21, 41-44

Abstract: Alfred Cuzán offers his postmortem on forecasts made for the midterm elections for the U.S. House of Representatives. His evaluation compares the judgment of three experts, six statistical models, and one (betting) prediction market. It seems like the best political forecasts emerge when forecasters place their bets. However, this issue of Foresight contains a related article on corporate prediction markets (p. 35), where the challenges of implementation are arguably greater than those in election markets. Copyright International Institute of Forecasters, 2011

Date: 2011
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