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Monthly Archives: March 2009
George Mason, Robin Hanson and Justin Wolfers didn’t make the list.
- Top 20% Economics Departments, as of February 2009 — Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, Oxford, MIT, Chicago, NYU, LSE, Columbia, UCSD, Stanford, etc. – Top Young Economists, as of February 2009 — Refet Gürkaynak, Andrew Leigh, Eric Zitzewitz, etc. Links via … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, People
Tagged Economics, economists, Top Economics Departments, Top Young Economists
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Should there be a Prediction Market Institute?
David Pennock: Oops, a clarification: I meant one could ask “Should there be a Prediction Institute?â€. I agree a Prediction Institute does not imply market-based, and that prediction and forecasting are roughly the same. I was saying that in a … Continue reading
The Malta LGA and the Alderney AGCC at the London ICE: no answers and nobody available.
This is the rather long-promised followup to my previous articles on the Malta LGA, the ex CEO of the LGA Mario Galea, and also the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. – I attended the 2009 International Casino Exhibition in January this … Continue reading
The European Union put legal and ethical BetFair in the same bag as the black ducklings of Internet betting and gambling.
BetFair (PDF file): BETFAIR CORPORATE STATEMENT ON THE SCHALDEMOSE REPORT On 10th March there was a vote in the European Parliament by the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). It voted favour of the Own Initiative Report produced … Continue reading
Tyler Cowen is a wise man.
Wisdom comes with age.
THE BETFAIR WEBSITE BLACKLISTED IN AUSTRALIA BY THE GOVERNMENT
- THE STORY. – THE BLACKLIST EXPOSED BY WIKILEAKS. In your browser (FireFox, of course ), go to “Edit” and “Find”, type “betfair” and click return…
Finally, a professor of economics who has style…
- And to have a good laugh, go at the bottom of his webpage, put the mouse for 3 seconds on the name of “Eric Zitzewitz”… and read the pop-up text…
Prediction Science
One view of machine learning is that it’s about how to program computers to predict well. This suggests a broader research program centered around the more pervasive goal of simply predicting well. There are many distinct strands of this broader … Continue reading
Who is Charles Plott and what does he want?
Charles Plott: Research interests Behavioral foundations of economics and political science; laboratory experimental methods; regulation, deregulation and policy design. Research Statement FUNDAMENTALS (all laboratory experimental) Market Adjustment Do large, multiple market systems equilibrate in some sense? If big systems do … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Charles Plott, Economics, markets, prediction markets, Research
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