Author Archives: Paul Tetlock

About Paul Tetlock

Finance (Columbia University) - New York, U.S.A.

Short Odds for Ignorance

We wrote an Op-Ed in today’s NY Times about the recent anti-gambling legislation and its possible impact on prediction markets. Our main point is that prohibiting Internet betting could unintentionally slow the emergence of new markets that have the potential … Continue reading

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Gambling and a New Approach to Regulating Information Markets

We address the question of what constitutes gambling in a recent article in the Journal of Regulatory Economics: “A New Approach to Regulating Information Markets.” In brief, Congress should impose a requirement that prediction market contracts pass an “economic purpose … Continue reading

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