Grainger, Daniel, Sun, Sizhong, Watkin-Lui, Felecia, and Case, Peter (2015) A simple decision market model. Journal of Prediction Markets, 9 (3). pp. 41-63.

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Abstract

Economic modeling of decision markets has mainly considered the market scoring rule setup. Literature has made reference to the alternative, joint elicitation type decision market, but no in depth analysis of it appears to have been published. This paper develops a simple decision market model of the joint elicitation type, that provides a specific decision market nomenclature on which to base future analysis.

A generally accepted prediction market model is modified, by introducing two additional concepts: "proper information market" and "relevant information". Our work then provides original contributions to the theoretical discourse on information markets, including finding the sufficient and necessary condition for convergence to the best possible prediction. It is shown in our new prediction market model that "all agents express relevant information" is a sufficient and necessary condition for convergence to the direct communication equilibrium in a proper information (prediction) market.

Our new prediction market model is used to formulate a simple decision market model of the joint elicitation market type. It is shown that our decision market will select the best decision if a specific selection and payout rule is defined. Importantly, our decision market model does not need to delay payment of any contracts to the observation of the desired outcome. Therefore, when dealing with long-term outcome projects, our decision market does not need to be a long running market.

Future work will test for the statistical significance of relevant information (identified as important in our idealized decision market model) in laboratory and real world settings.

Item ID:	43578
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1750-676X
Keywords:	information market, decision market, prediction market, joint elicitation, long term projects
Related URLs:	Publisher https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/53034/
Additional Information:	A version of this publication was included as Chapter 3 of the following PhD thesis: Grainger, Daniel Ali (2017) The application of prediction markets to project prioritization in the not-for-profit sector. PhD thesis, James Cook University, which is available Open Access in ResearchOnline@JCU. Please see the Related URLs for access.
Date Deposited:	12 May 2016 02:23
FoR Codes:	14 ECONOMICS > 1401 Economic Theory > 140103 Mathematical Economics @ 50% 14 ECONOMICS > 1403 Econometrics > 140303 Economic Models and Forecasting @ 50%
SEO Codes:	91 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 9102 Microeconomics > 910206 Market-Based Mechanisms @ 50% 91 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 9104 Management and Productivity > 910406 Technological and Organisational Innovation @ 50%
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