Economics
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Envy Freedom and Prior-free Mechanism Design
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Computational Social Science
With an increasing amount of data on every aspect of our daily activities – from what we buy, to where we travel, to who we know, and beyond – we are able to measure human…
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Prediction Engines
Research around information aggregation and prediction, including polls, probability elicitation, and prediction markets.These methods, broadly defined as wisdom of the crowds, are utilized for a range of outcomes: elections, marketing, internal corporate, military intelligence, etc.…
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Market Power Screens Willingness-to-Pay
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Act for Affordable Data Care
Microsoft Research Blog
’12 Campaign: Predicting the U.S. Election
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research It’s a presidential election year in the United States, and that, we’ve learned, means that pollsters are on the prowl. The electorate for the forthcoming balloting will be…