Handbook of Sports and Lottery Markets (Handbooks in Finance)

This comprehensive volume showcases cutting-edge research in prediction markets, offering valuable insights for investors and policymakers alike.

With contributions from leading scholars across the globe, the book covers a range of sports and lottery markets, providing new overviews of market forecasting and macro- and micro-analyses that are relevant to other markets.

The editors have successfully curated a collection of papers that shed light on the institutional backdrop's influence on information aggregation in betting markets, ultimately yielding more robust conclusions than in traditional financial markets.

This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of prediction markets and their potential applications in designing institutions that promote information efficiency.