TY - BOOK AU - Abramowicz,Michael TI - Predictocracy: market mechanisms for public and private decision making SN - 9780300144956 AV - HD30.27 .A27 2007eb U1 - 658.4/0355 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Business forecasting KW - Economic forecasting KW - Decision making KW - Forecasting KW - Prévision commerciale KW - Prévision économique KW - Prise de décision KW - Prévision KW - decision making KW - aat KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - bisacsh KW - General KW - fast KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-342) and index; The media -- Policy analysts -- Businesses -- Committees -- Regulatory bodies -- Administrative agencies -- Public corporations -- Courts -- Legislative bodies -- Predictocracy N2 - Predicting the future is serious business for virtually all public and private institutions, for they must often make important decisions based upon such predictions. This text explores how institutions might improve their predictions and arrive at better decisions by means of prediction markets UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=278381 ER -