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Tag Archives: Harvard University
Harvard Ec10 Walkout — [VIDEO]
Students walk out of Professor N. Gregory Mankiw’s Economics 10 class in solidarity with the Occupy Movement and Occupy Oakland:
Posted in Politics
Tagged Economics, Harvard, Harvard University, N. Gregory Mankiw, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, US politics
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Daryl Bem’s retrocausality paper discussed at Harvard — [VIDEO]
Riveting. ADDENDUM: Daryl Bem at Colbert.
Posted in Precognition, Psychology, Research, Science
Tagged Daryl Bem, Harvard University, Precognition, psi, Psychology, Research, retrocausality, retrocausation, Science
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Harvard University crétins did bet on swaps and ended up losing $500 million.
“Harvard paid $497.6 million during the fiscal year ended June 30 to get out of $1.1 billion of interest-rate swaps intended to hedge variable-rate debt for capital projects, the report said. The university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said it also agreed … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ethics, Finance
Tagged derivatives, Finance, Financial Markets, Harvard University, swaps
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Harvard CS286r: Topics at the Interface between Computer Science and Economics
Fall 2008 Topic: Social Computing CS286r Additional Resources
Papers on prediction markets listed on Yiling Chen’s Harvard webpage:
- Publications An Empirical Study of Dynamic Pari-mutuel Markets: Evidence from the Tech Buzz Game [PDF, 380k] Yiling Chen, David M. Pennock, and Tejaswi Kasturi The 10th Workshop on Web Mining and Web Usage Analysis (WebKDD), in conjunction with the … Continue reading
Posted in People, Resources - References
Tagged academia, academic articles, academic papers, computer science, Economics, Harvard University, Information Technology, prediction market academics, prediction market research, prediction market researchers, prediction market scholars, prediction markets, publications, research articles, research papers, Yiling Chen
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LET’S REVISIT HISTORY: In May 2007, Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughed in Paul Wolfowitz’s face.
BACKGROUND INFO: Kenneth Rogoff is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution and professor of economics at Harvard University. – May 2007′s Blog Post: INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the Paul Wolfowitz event derivatives at InTrade-TradeSports?? – - … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Humor, Politics
Tagged Alberto Gonzalez, American Enterprise Institute, Asia, Bank President, Brookings Institution, Bush, Bush administration, deputy, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Finance, finance minister, Harvard, Harvard University, Heritage Foundation, important international development agency, insider trading, internet browsers, InTrade, Iraq, Kenneth Rogoff, New Zealander Graeme, Paul Wolfowitz, prediction markets, President, President of the World, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, Republican Party, Shaha Riza, South Africa, TradeSports, Trevor Manuel, United States, United States Of America, US Attorney General, White House, World Bank, World Bank Internal Investigations Unit, World Bank Staff, Zealander Graeme Wheeler
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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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Tagged Adam, Adam Meirowitz, Administration, American Enterprise Institute, Anderson School, Andrew Leigh, Anita Elberse, Anthony M. Kwasnica, Arizona, Australia, Australian National University, Austria, Becker Center, Bernardo A. Huberman, Bernd H. Ankenbrand, Bernd Skiera, Bilkent University, British Columbia, Business, C. Schelling
- Thomas Schelling, California, California Institute of Technology, Canada, Centre Nationale, Change, Chapman University, Charles A. Holt, Charles F. Manski, Charles Holt, Charles R. Plott, Chicago, Chief Economist, Chris Hibbert, Collective Intelligence, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Business Administration, College of Management, Connecticut, corporate prediction markets, D. Hamilton
- James Hamilton, D.C., Daniel Reeves, Dartmouth College, David M. Pennock, David Paton, David Porter, dean, Denmark, Department of Computer Science, Department of Economics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Insurance and Real Estate, Department of Politics, Director, Division of Humanity and Social Sciences, e-commerce, E. Litan
- Robert Litan, Economic Science Institute, Economics Department, Emile Servan-Schreiber, enterprise prediction markets, Eric Crampton, Eric W. Zitzewitz, Eric Zitzewitz, Erik Snowberg, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Executive Director, F. Manski
- Charles Manski, Florida, Forrest Nelson, France, Friedrich August Von Hayek, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Gary William Flake, George Mason University, George R. Neumann, George Washington University, Gerhard Ortner, Germany, Goethe University, Google, Graduate School, H. Ankenbrand
- Bernd Ankenbrand, Hal R. Varian, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, HP Labs, IIT Center for Financial Markets, Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology, information aggregation tool, Information Dynamics Lab, Information Services & Process Innovation Lab, internal prediction markets, Iowa, J. Arrow
- Kenneth Arrow, James Annan, James D. Hamilton, James Surowiecki, Japan, John O. Ledyard, Joyce Berg, Joyce E. Berg, Justin J. Wolfers, Justin Wolfers, Kansas, Kansas City, Kauffman Foundation, Kay-Yut Chen, Keith Gamble, Keith Jacks Gamble, Kellogg, Kenneth J. Arrow, Kentucky, L. Savage
- Sam Savage, Lance Fortnow, Lance J. Fortnow, law school, Lecturer, LEEPS, LEEPS laboratory, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Leslie R. Fine, London Business School, Los Angeles, M. Kwasnica
- Anthony Kwasnica, M. Todd Henderson, manager, Marco Ottaviani, Martin Spann, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McCormick School of Engineering, Michael Abramowicz, Michael B. Abramowicz, Michael Gorham, Michael P. Wellman, Michael Wellman, Michigan, Micro-Economic and Social Systems, Microsoft, Missouri, MIT, MIT Center, New Jersey, New York, New York City, New Zealand, Nicolas Lambert, North Carolina, Northwestern University, Norwestern University, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham University, Paris, Paul C. Tetlock, Paul Milgrom, Paul W. Rhode, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, Peter Norman Sorensen, Philip E. Tetlock, Philip Tetlock, prediction markets, Princeton University, Principal Research Scientist, private prediction markets, Professor, professors, R. Varian
- Hal Varian, Rahul Sami, Recherche Scientifique, Reg-Markets Center, Research School of Social Sciences, researchers, Richard Borghesi, Richard Roll, Robert E. Litan, Robert Forsythe, Robert J. Shiller, Robert W. Hahn, Robin D. Hanson, Robin Hanson, Russ Ray, Ryan Oprea, Sam L. Savage, San Diego, San Marcos, Santa Cruz, Sauder School of Business, Saul Levmore, scholars, School of Business, School of Information, School of Management, School of Public Affair, Sciences, Social Computing Lab, software architect, Stanford University, Steve Levitt, Steven D. Levitt, Steven Levitt, Stuart School of Business, technology, Texas, Texas State University, Thomas A. Rietz, Thomas C. Schelling, Thomas Gruca, Thomas S Gruca, Thomas W. Malone, Thomas W. Ross, Todd A. Proebsting, Todd Proebsting, Tom Malone, Tom W. Bell, Tracy Mullen, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, University of Applied Sciences, University of Arizona, University of British Columbia, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Canterbury, University of Chicago, University of Copenhagen, University of Iowa, University of Kansas, University of Louisville, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Passau, University of Pennsylvania, University of South Florida, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, Vancouver, Vernon L. Smith, Vice President for Research and Policy, Virginia, W. Flake - Gary Flake, W. Rhode
- Paul Rhode, W. Ross
- Thomas Ross, Washington, Werner Antweiler, Wharton Business School, Witten, Witten/Herdecke University, Yahoo! Research Labs, Yale University, Zocalo Project Manager
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Blogging Software = Freedom to write in any form and shape you want
Harvard University professor Edward Glaeser: [...] Blogs and columns are quite different, and The Marginal Revolution illustrates what can make blogs exciting. Mr. Cowen and his collaborators post to the website with astonishing regularity. Their blog posts are often brief … Continue reading
William F. Buckley Jr. once said that he would rather be governed by the first 100 names in the Boston phone directory than by the entire faculty of Harvard University.
First line of a Wall Street Journal piece on Brian Caplan’s book (The Myth of the Rational Voter), which mentions in passing James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom Of Crowds (our bible ). Thanks to Fabian John in Germany for the good … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Humor, Politics, Psychology
Tagged Boston, Brian Caplan, Fabian John, Germany, Harvard University, James Surowiecki, Wall Street Journal, William F. Buckley Jr.
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