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The best presentations from the world’s best conference on enterprise prediction markets —ever

Awesome slides in bold. Brought to you by Koleman Strumpf (circa November 2007): – Henry Berg, Microsoft <slides> Discussant: Robin Hanson (George Mason Department of Economics) <slides> – Christina Ann LaComb, GE (The Imagination Market; abstract is free, text is … Continue reading

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Reminder: Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets Conference (1 November)

The conference will be held next Thursday (1 November) at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. All of the details are available on the conference webpage (http://people.ku.edu/~cigar/PMConf_2007) and the schedule is listed below. I am pleased to note that Mat … Continue reading

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Conference: Corporate Applications of Prediction/Information Markets (Thursday, 1 November 2007)

I have organized a conference on corporate prediction markets which may be of interest to Midas Oracle readers. It will take place on 1 November at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. All of the details are available on the … Continue reading

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Digging the past of Sim Exchange’s Brian Shiau

Shiau Street (the ABOUT page): I am the writer and webmaster of this blog. I graduated from Princeton University in 2005 with a A.B. in Economics and a certificate in Finance. For the past few years, I have worked at … Continue reading

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My Currency lets wisdom of the crowds estimate real estate prices.

VentureBeat: [My Currency] lets people participate, and encourages them to estimate the value of homes for sale. If a home is selling for $500,000, and you think it is worth less, you get points if it is sold for less. … Continue reading

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