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Swamping the 2008 nominations market with outside capital

Bizarre. And blatantly inefficient. Did our good professor Koleman Strumpf get some more money to play around with and research adaptive behavior? I can see him researching something along the lines of “Let’s see how the market behaves to a … Continue reading

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Economies of scale in event markets?

This morning, a single buyer swamped the robust Tradesports Hillary-nomination market from 54.5% to 68.5% in one massive buy. I found this to be incredibly interesting on two levels. Firstly, the notion that someone who has presumably accumulated decent buying … Continue reading

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