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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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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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Eric Zitzewitz, laughing all the way to the bank

Dartmouth College professor Eric W. Zitzewitz Eric Zitzewitz, previously at Stanford University, and now a Dartmouth professor, is the top trader at the ABC7 San Francisco prediction exchange. [Via Adam Siegel's blog.] $1,309,424 Mike “onemike” Giberson at Inkling Markets does … Continue reading

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Eric Zitzewitz’s Dartmouth College is in New Hampshire, not in Massachusetts.

My previous blog post (on the Massachusetts governor’s bill against Internet gambling and betting) referred to the fact that Eric Zitzewitz was (at least, briefly) a Boston resident, as I understand it from his writings. Dartmouth College professor Eric W. … Continue reading

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Meet Dartmouth College professor Eric Zitzewitz.

Dartmouth College professor Eric W. Zitzewitz Ah. Our good doctor has leaned to smile (as opposed to posing as a prison guard, on his old Stanford website). Good.

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Massachusetts governor wants to send the TradeSports-InTrade traders to jail, and that includes Dartmouth College professor Eric Zitzewitz.

Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick: Why is gambling in a casino OK and gambling on the Internet is not? Makes no sense at all. The Boston Globe: Even as Governor Deval Patrick seeks to license three resort casinos in Massachusetts, he … Continue reading

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Meet the tenured Eric Zitzewitz.

Eric Zitzewitz = Associate Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College – Greater Boston Area, MA, USA — Eric Zitzewitz (at LinkedIn): Current – Associate Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College Past – Assistant Professor of Economics at Stanford Graduate School … Continue reading

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Meet the real Eric Zitzewitz.

Much better pic than the one displayed on his [old] Stanford page (where he looks like a prison guard). Eric Zitzewitz at LinkedIn UPDATE: Eric Zitzewitz = Associate Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College – Greater Boston Area, MA, USA … Continue reading

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