Tag Archives: Massachusetts

Republican Scott Brown has become the Senator-elect from Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts special election: Nate Silver knowns nothing. —REDUX

Nate Silver: There are many assumptions in this model which may not be valid []. Although I believe that these are generally a fairly well-balanced set of assumptions relative to the universe of possible assumptions (i.e. alternate sets of assumptions … Continue reading

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Massachusetts special election: Nate Silver knowns nothing.

6 scenarios United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010

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What will happen with black Harvard Professor Henry Gates and the Police Officer?

- What will happen with black Harvard Professor Henry Gates and the Police Officer?

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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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Short list of the economics labs researching on prediction markets

Labs (with thanks to Chris Hibbert of Zocalo) – - Iowa Electronic Markets – (IEM) – (Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A.) Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science – (ICES) – (George Mason University, Virginia, U.S.A.) … Continue reading

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Robin Hanson @ MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence

Robin Hanson @ MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence @ MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – 2008-05-02 In passing, I say HELLO to our readers from the MIT and the Boston area. -

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Are U.S. banks capable of stopping transactions tied to event derivative traders made for speculating at InTrade-TradeSports and MatchBook?

New York Times: Congress to Take Testimony on Internet Gambling Ban By Matt Richtel The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 made it illegal for banks and other financial institutions to process online wagers. The goal was to find … Continue reading

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After Justin Wolfers and Bo Cowgill last year, Robin Hanson goes lecturing the MIT.

CCI Spring 2008 Seminar Series – Featuring Robin Hanson @ MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – 2008-05-02 Via George Tziralis of Ask Markets

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Massachusetts governor’s proposal to send the TradeSports-InTrade traders to jail is foolish.

Steve Roman: Expect to see more of this. State politicians have a big problem: they’ve made lots of promises and are financially unable to keep all of them. For the states, pension and health care promises made during expansionary times … Continue reading

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