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Prediction-market innovations can improve climate-risk forecasts

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Forward-looking information about climate risks is critical for decision makers, but the provision and accuracy of such information is limited. Innovative prediction-market designs could provide a mechanism to enhance applied climate research in an incentive-compatible way.

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  1. Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute, University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, UK

    Mark Roulston & Brett Day

  2. University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, UK

    Todd Kaplan

  3. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Todd Kaplan

  4. Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster, UK

    Kim Kaivanto

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Roulston, M., Kaplan, T., Day, B. et al. Prediction-market innovations can improve climate-risk forecasts. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 879–880 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01467-6

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