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CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts
CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is soliciting comment on the appropriate regulatory treatment of financial agreements offered by markets commonly … Continue reading →
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Bob Hahn turns the PETITION into a CONSENSUS.
Bob Hahn turns lead into gold. — Via Google’s Bo Cowgill, Robert Hahn and Paul Tetlock’s Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal (mirror at AEI-Brookings – mirror at AEI): [...] These markets often predict more accurately than experts. Why? They … Continue reading →
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Economists’ Petition on Prediction Markets
Statement on Prediction Markets – (Click here to read the abstract and download the petition from the SSRN site) – by Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert Forsythe, Michael Gorham, Robert Hahn, Robin Hanson, Daniel Kahneman, John O. Ledyard, Saul Levmore, Robert … Continue reading →
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Statement on Prediction Markets
The AEI-Brookings Joint Center recently issued a statement on prediction markets signed by leading scholars in the field. In it, we argue that U.S. regulators should lower barriers to the creation and design of prediction markets by creating a safe … Continue reading →