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Iowa Electronic Markets’s George Neumann on InTrade prediction markets for Lloyd Blankfein resignation: “it’s in bad taste”.

George, les goûts et les couleurs, ça ne se discute pas.

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The American Enterprise Institute’s proposals to legalize real-money prediction markets in the United States of America

The Promise of Prediction Markets – by Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert Forsythe, Michael Gorham, Robert Hahn, Robin Hanson, John O. Ledyard, Saul Levmore, Robert Litan, Paul Milgrom, Forrest D. Nelson, George R. Neumann, Marco Ottaviani, Thomas C. Schelling, Robert J. … 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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Meet the 3 Iowa Electronic Markets co-founders: George Neumann, Forrest Nelson and Robert Forsythe.

George R. Neumann Forrest Nelson Robert Forsythe IEM – Photo Credit: Doug Benton – FishEye – for Scientific American magazine – Abstract

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Economists’ Petition on Prediction Markets

Statement on Prediction Markets – (Click here to read the abstract and download the petition from the SSRN site) – by Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert Forsythe, Michael Gorham, Robert Hahn, Robin Hanson, Daniel Kahneman, John O. Ledyard, Saul Levmore, Robert … Continue reading

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Do Gambling Laws Threaten Prediction Markets?

Because prediction market traders generally rely more on skill than on chance to win, I’ve argued that they do not qualify in “gambling” as defined by U.S. law. I’ve also admitted, however, that over-ambitious prosecutors might see the matter differently. … Continue reading

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