Meta
-
Recent Posts
- Steven Krivit continues to trash Andrea Rossi and his LENR technology. — [LINK]
- Interview with Adam Lashinsky — [VIDEO]
- Why some people are more innovative — [VIDEO]
- Forbes editor deciphers Steve Jobs’s Apple. — [VIDEO]
- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
- Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]
- Global warming is a big scam. — [LINK]
- A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors — [VIDEO]
- The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]
- Guy Kawasaki on Steve Jobs — [VIDEO]
- Inside Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]
- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
Tag Archives: manager
In a blow to the French, BetFair choose Bastille Day to premiere the revised version of the bet-matching logic of their prediction markets. — IMPROVEMENT MEANS BETTER LIQUIDITY FOR THEIR EVENT DERIVATIVE TRADERS.
- BetFair: Improvements to Betfair’s bet matching logic today, Monday 14th July: What’s changing? We’ve improved the code that matches bets. As well as matching backs against lays as we’ve always done, we’ll also try to match your bet against … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers, Market Liquidity, Mechanism Designs
Tagged basketball, Bastille Day, bet matching, bet matching logic, bet-matching engine, bet-matching process, bet-matching system, BetFair, boxing, cricket, football, Germany, horse racing, ice hockey, manager, market designs, Market Liquidity, matching bets, matching trades, Mechanism Designs, Oxford, Player, prediction markets, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, RugBY League, Rugby Union, Sheffield, snooker, soccer, Spain, tennis, trading engine, Volleyball
3 Comments
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
Posted in People, Resources - References
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
Leave a comment
Enterprise Prediction Markets … Without Office Politics
- Google’s Bo Cowgill, as reported by IT Business: [...] If you let people bet on things anonymously, they will tell you what they really believe because they have money at stake. This is a conversation that’s happening without politics. … Continue reading
FREE BO COWGILL. CALL IN JOHN RAMBO.
- Our testosteroned Grandizer [JOKE] is trapped in communist China: Sadly, I’m not able to read the announcement on the Google Analytics blog thanks to the Great Firewall. I’m in Shanghai until the end of the month with Google. – … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Information Technology
Tagged benchmarking, Bo Cowgill, Brett Crosby, China, firewall, Google, Google Analytics, Great Wall, Group Manager, manager, Shangai, Shanghai, travel sites, travel website
Leave a comment
Markets for Telling CEOs to Step Down
Robin Hanson (back in April 1996): One of the biggest problems with existing corporate capitalism is keeping CEOs (chief executive officers) accountable to their shareholders. Unaccountable CEOs can give themselves huge salaries and perks, discriminate freely in hiring and promotion, … Continue reading
Inkling’s Dead Radiohead Market
Radiohead’s pick-your-own-price experiment, industry redefining move, publicity stunt for their album “In Rainbows†has had its 15 days or so of fame. Is there anybody out there still caring? Maybe not. In fact, judging by Inkling’s own Radiohead prediction market, … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Cases, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Caveat Bettor, exchange manager, Global warming market, In Rainbows, Inkling, inkling markets, manager, prediction markets, pretty good marketing tool, Radiohead, Trader, USD
4 Comments
BetFair’s brand-new trading interface – WEB EXCLUSIVE
Who will be the next manager of England’s soccer team? — Technical Note: You can access the prediction market chart by clicking on the tiny icon you can spot at the left of each name. — Option One (the default): … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Trading, Software
Tagged BetFair, manager, prediction markets, Software, United Kingdom
Leave a comment
Fantasy Sport: The only way to crack open the US betting/gambling/gaming market… LEGALLY.
Wikipedia: A fantasy sport (also known as rotisserie, roto, or fairy-tale sport; or owner simulation) is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Gambling, Regulations
Tagged Canada, Chris Russo, Congress, cricket, fantasy sports, fantasy sports games, fantasy sports leagues, Fantasy Sports Trade Association, football, George W. Bush, internet access, Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, league commissioner, Mace DVR-1600NT 16 Channel 160 GB Digital Video Recorder (DVR) with Internet Access, manager, National Football League, NFL, online contest, online gambling, online gambling operators, online lotteries, play fantasy sports, played fantasy sports, Player, point systems, President, professional sports, public fantasy sports businesses, real sports owner, Senior Vice President, simulation, simulation sports game, soccer, sports gambling, sports industry, sports leagues, sports writers, team player, United States, United States Congress, USD
Leave a comment