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Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Chris F. Masse

Did Eric Zitzewitz read Dodd-Frank? Jason Ruspini: Unfortunately, election contracts and ALL event contracts appear to be prohibited by CFTC regulation 40.11, released in July 2011 as part of Dodd-Frank: “(a) Prohibition. A registered entity shall not list for trading … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged academia, bets, Betting, betting markets, CFTC, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, Economics, Eric Zitzewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, events, forecasting, Jason Ruspini, laws, Politics, predicting, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, Research | 1 Comment

Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Chris F. Masse

Eric Zitzewitz: We are academic researchers who study prediction markets. We are writing in favor of allowing NADEX, or a similar entity, to offer a broad range of political and policy event futures, including the three they are currently proposing. … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Economics, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Regulations | Tagged academia, bets, Betting, betting markets, CFTC, derivatives, Economics, Eric Zitzewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, events, forecasting, laws, Politics, predicting, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, Research | Leave a comment

Wanna know what Eric Zitzewitz thinks of Michael Abramowitz’s Predictocracy?

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

To read Eric Zitzewitz’s review of Michael Abramowitz’s Predictocracy, you need to go behind a wall. Totally absurd. Book reviews are typically the kind of information that should be free and easily accessible —HTML style. Previously: Is weather betting legal … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Collective Decision Making, Economics | Tagged book reviews, books, Collective Decision Making, Eric Zitzewitz, Michael Abramowitz, Predictocracy | Leave a comment

The Financial Meltdown: Causes, Consequences, and Options

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The banking, financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009 Spot Eric Zitzewitz: Previously: Is weather betting legal if you bundle it with auto leasing?

Posted in Economics, Finance, The Global Economy | Tagged Dartmouth University, economic crisis, economists, economy, Eric Zitzewitz, Finance, financial crisis, Financial Markets, global economy | Leave a comment

Is weather betting legal if you bundle it with auto leasing?

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Eric Zitzewitz

Pride Motors, a Boston area car dealer, is advertising the following special: Lease a car before August 26, and if it’s above 96 degrees at Boston Logan Airport on Labor Day, they will make your first 12 lease payments for … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Betting, Economics, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged Betting, Eric Zitzewitz, Gambling, Insurance, Jordan Furniture, laws, Pride Motors, Regulations, WeatherBill | Leave a comment

Why did Brad DeLong pick on our Eric Zitzewitz?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Jason Ruspini: It seemed like Delong interpreted the mere suggestion of 10% interest rates as a veiled attack on the Obama administration. That would explain the unfairly harsh and pedantic manner of his post. I think that Delong is right … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Politics, Psychology, The Global Economy | Tagged Brad DeLong, Economics, Eric Zitzewitz, Finance, long-term interests, Treasuries | Leave a comment

Eric Zitzewitz wanna bet with Brad DeLong.

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Brad DeLong bended Eric Zitzewitz’s ear, and now our Dartmouth padawan wants a bet: Brad, The post you refer to is a follow up post to a post in March that does a similar analysis about the S&P 500. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/quantifying-the-nightmare-scenarios/ … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Economics, Finance, The Global Economy | Tagged bets, Betting, Brad DeLong, Economics, Eric Zitzewitz, Finance, long-term interests | 1 Comment

Prediction Markets in India

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Eric Zitzewitz (in the November 2008 edition of The Analyst, an Indian publication for financial analysts): I think the CFTC is likely to define a set of limits which, if followed, will subject a prediction [exchange] to CFTC regulation which … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged BetFair, CFTC, Chris F. Masse, Chris Masse, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Eric Zitzewitz, HedgeStreet, InTrade, prediction markets, The Analyst, TradeSports, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission | Leave a comment

Is InTrade being manipulated? Why does InTrade give a discounted probability for Barack Obama as US president?

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

A quick link panorama. – #1. Is InTrade being manipulated? – Nate Silver shows that there are abrupt downward pressures on the Barack Obama event derivative, while we also see some abrupt upward pressures on the Hillary Clinton event derivative. … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Market Trading | Tagged arbitrage opportunities, arbitrages, Barack Obama, BetFair, betting markets, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Eric Zitzewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Freakonomics, Hillary Clinton, InTrade, Justin Wolfers, Lance Fortnow, manipulation attempts, manipulations, market arbitrages, market manipulations, Nate Silver, polls, polls versus prediction markets, Portfolio, prediction markets, state correlations, Zubin Jelveh | 5 Comments

What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: â€œConcept Release … Continue reading →

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