Tag Archives: Hal Varian

Bo Cowgill’s boss = Hal Varian

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 2, 2008 — 2 Comments

UPDATE: Bo tells us: “Actually, that’s my desk right behind him, in the top picture.”
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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
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Posted in People | Also tagged ads, Bo Cowgill, Economics, Eric Zitwewitz, Google, Justin Wolfers, prediction markets

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

Written by Chris F. Masse on May 23, 2008 — 1 Comment

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
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Via Daniel Horowitz (Business and Technology Consultant)
Blip.TV — (FLV file)
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It’s cool.
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Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – [...]

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Efficiency), Analysis (Meta), Cases, Exchanges & Markets | Also tagged active trader, Bo Google, business and technology consultant, CEO, Chief Economist, conference, corporate prediction markets, Daniel Horowitz, enterprise prediction markets, Eric Schmidt, Eric Zitwewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, gas prices, Google, Google's enterprise prediction markets, Google's prediction exchange, Google's prediction markets, intenal prediction markets, internal prediction markets, Justin Wolfers, Money-Tech, O'Reilly, prediction markets, private prediction markets, Social Networks, Tech Using Prediction, Trader, United States, USD, video

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

Written by Chris F. Masse on April 1, 2008 — 5 Comments

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 the inner working of search engine technology, which will be helpful to BetFair-TradeFair for fighting annoying externalities: [...]

Posted in Humor | Also tagged Aprils Fool's Day, BetFair, BetFair CEO, Bo, Bo Cowgill, CEO, Chief Economist, David Yu, Google, Humor, Internet jokes, Internet Meister, Internet rumors, Margaret, Mark Davies, Microsoft Vista, Nick Garner, prediction markets, Princess, Robin Hanson, Search Engine, search engine technology, Search Engines, VIP gallery, web search results

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

Written by Chris F. Masse on March 26, 2008 — 18 Comments

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
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VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech
Blip.TV — (FLV file)
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I’ll first publish some excerpts from the paper on Google’s enterprise prediction markets (set up [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Efficiency), Analysis (Meta), Business, Cases, Exchanges & Markets | Also tagged accuracy, active trader, advanced researcher, anonymous trading, architect, Bo Cowgill, CDA model for their markets, CEO, Chief Economist, computer-aided facility management systems, corporate applications, corporate prediction markets, crowd-wisdom applications, demographic networks, Doug Banks, economist, efficieny, Enterprise prediction market consultant, enterprise prediction markets, Eric Schmidt, Eric Zitwewitz, Eric Zitzewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, gas prices, Google, Google Using Prediction, Google's enterprise prediction markets, Google's prediction exchange, Google's prediction markets, GPS, high profile applications, Ilya Kirnos, implicit social networks, internal prediction markets, James Surowiecki, Jed Christiansen, Justin Wolfers, language networks, Linux, Michael Giberson, open-source software, Patri Friedman, Piaw Na, prediction markets, Prime Minister, Private, private prediction markets, real estate management group, Robin Hanson, Social Networks, social/professional networks, software engineers, software-and-consulting model, the New York Times, Tim Harford, Trader, ubiquitous communication technology, United States, USD, value applications, Zubin Jelveh

Hal Varian wants Bo Cowgill to dig hard the Google logs to discover how to improve their search algorithm.

Written by Chris F. Masse on March 4, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Why data matters – by Hal Varian
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Freakonomics interview.
Hal Varian’s previous post.

Posted in Information Technology | Also tagged Bo Cowgill, data, Google, search algorithm

The network knows what the nodes don’t.

Written by Chris F. Masse on February 25, 2008 — Leave a Comment

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 are highly efficient and closely track actual outcomes, while election prediction markets tend to systematically underprice [...]

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Efficiency), Analysis (Meta), Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Events & Meetings, Exchanges & Markets | Also tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Chief Economist, CI Foo, Collective Intelligence, Collective Intelligence Foo Camp, Director, Eric Zitzewitz, Foo Camp, Gary Flake, Google, GooglePlex, Greg Linden, Microsoft Live Labs, MIT Center, O'Reilly, Roger Ehrenberg, Tim O'Reilly, Tom Malone, United Kingdom, United States

Freakonomics did not quiz Bo Cowgill’s boss, Hal Varian, on prediction markets —triple alas.

Written by Chris F. Masse on February 25, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Freakonomics interview. (I did ask, but they didn’t listen.)
Hal Varian’s post.

Posted in Economics | Also tagged Economics, Google

Bo Cowgill = Economics at Google

Written by Chris F. Masse on November 28, 2007 — Leave a Comment

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 chief economist. + Meet Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist.

Posted in People | Also tagged Bo Cowgill, Chief Economist, Google, Meet Hal Varian

Hal Varian becomes Google’s chief economist.

Written by Chris F. Masse on July 20, 2007 — 1 Comment

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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, Judith Chevalier, Robert Shiller and Lester Thurow, as well as three of the economists who have [...]

Posted in Business, Consulting | Also tagged Alan Blinder, Chief Economist, Google, Greg Mankiw, Hal R. Varian, Judith Chevalier, Lester Thurow, Meet Hal Varian, New York Times, official business title, Professor, Robert Frank, Robert Shiller, technical data analyst, The Wall Street Journal, Tyler Cowen, Wall Street Journal

EJSS-selected short list of news articles, research papers and books on prediction markets

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 16, 2007 — Leave a Comment

NewsFutures:
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Media Coverage

The CEO Guide To Prediction Markets (Latest case studies + tip sheet + podcast)
by Rachael King, July 7 2006

How to Decide? Create a Market
by Michael Totty, June 19, 2006

The Crowd Knows Best
by Serena Altschul, January 8, 2006

Wisdom of the crowd
by Jim Giles, November 17, 2005

Market Magic
by Alix Nyberg Stuart, November 1, 2005

Place Your Bets
by [...]

Posted in Resources - References | Also tagged Ajit Kambil, Alix Nyberg Stuart, author, Barbara Kiviat, Bill Saporito, CEO, decision support systems, EJSS, Eric Van Heck, Guide To Prediction, Harvard, Harvard Business School Press, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, IEEE Intelligent Systems, James Hall, James M. Pethokoukis, James Surowiecki, Jim Giles, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Michael Totty, Online Auctions, prediction markets, Rachael King, Robert Hof, Robin Hanson, Serena Altschul, the Diane Rehm Show

Tag Archives: Hal Varian

Bo Cowgill’s boss = Hal Varian

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

Hal Varian wants Bo Cowgill to dig hard the Google logs to discover how to improve their search algorithm.

The network knows what the nodes don’t.

Freakonomics did not quiz Bo Cowgill’s boss, Hal Varian, on prediction markets —triple alas.

Bo Cowgill = Economics at Google

Hal Varian becomes Google’s chief economist.

EJSS-selected short list of news articles, research papers and books on prediction markets

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