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The best researchers on prediction markets

CFM: Scholars Check that CFM page for updates. And contact me so I can make additions to the list. (I’ll then re-publish that updated list on Midas Oracle.) – Michael Abramowicz – Michael B. Abramowicz – (Law School, George Washington … Continue reading

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Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google — VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech

Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – Via Daniel Horowitz (Business and Technology Consultant) Blip.TV — (FLV file) – … Continue reading

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BetFair-TradeFair hire Bo Cowgill in an attempt to improve their ranking in Google web search results.

BetFair: BetFair CEO David Yu: We’re delighted to welcome Bo Cowgill in HammerSmith. Bo had a fantastic career at Google, working, in the end, under Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian. Throughout his years at Google, Bo acquired precious knowledge about … Continue reading

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Do Google’s enterprise prediction markets work? — Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google

Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech … Continue reading

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The network knows what the nodes don’t.

Roger Ehrenberg: Prediction markets and elections, run by Eric Zitzewitz of Dartmouth. Eric ran though a slew of data looking at sports and financial prediction markets and compared it to election prediction markets. Bottom line, sports and financial prediction markets … Continue reading

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Bo Cowgill = Economics at Google

Is Bo Cowgill now working for Hal Varian (Google’s Chief Economist)? The answer is… The answer is yes. Hal has a small team now which I am on. Hal is my boss and cube mate. Previously: Hal Varian becomes Google’s … Continue reading

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Interpreting fed funds futures

Despite what you may have read elsewhere, the probability of a fed funds rate cut has increased significantly over the last few weeks. Felix Salmon and Barry Ritholtz seemed to find more merit in this analysis from WSJ Real Time … Continue reading

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Hal Varian becomes Google’s chief economist.

— Via Greg Mankiw (whom you will have to read between the lines), this New York Times piece: The View column will now be written by a rotating panel of outside economists. Besides Mr. Mankiw, it will include Alan Blinder, … Continue reading

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Meet Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist.

Hal R. Varian @ Berkeley Hal R. Varian @ Google – no link yet Hal R. Varian interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on his new position at Google.

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