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I'm not sure that's true. Andrew Gelman once mentioned that Black Swan events are actually routinely _overpriced_ via the Longshot Bias. [1] He had talked abou
by vasaulys 9y ago
I'm not sure that's true.
Andrew Gelman once mentioned that Black Swan events are actually routinely _overpriced_ via the Longshot Bias. [1] He had talked about this in the context of the recent Leicester FC win and the odds on that team. [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favourite-longshot_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favourite-longshot_bias
[2] http://andrewgelman.com/2016/06/02/30183/ http://andrewgelman.com/2016/06/02/30183/
- datamingle 9y agoGlass half full/Glass half empy. A bet against the opposite of an overpriced event will be underpriced.