Predicting Electoral College Victory Probabilities from State Probability Data
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Electoral College victory probabilities; political betting markets;JEL classification:
- C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2005-02-13 (Econometrics)
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