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Anders_H comments on Prediction Markets are Confounded - Implications for the feasibility of Futarchy - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Anders_H 26 January 2015 10:39PM

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Comment author: Anders_H 02 February 2015 11:37:41PM 0 points [-]

In the scenario I provided, the contracts will be traded at the following prices after the demon reveals his information:

Hillary elected and US nuked: $14.3 (1/7 of $100) Hillary elected and US not nuked: $28.6 (2/7) Jeb elected and US nuked: $14.3 (1/7) Jeb elected and US not nuked: $42.9 (3/7)

Like you said, if people change their votes based on the market, the prices may be distorted by the market predicting itself.