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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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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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The network knows what the nodes don’t.

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 … Continue reading

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MIT’s CCI seminar on Monday, May 14, 2007: Justin Wolfers, Prediction Markets

Interpreting Prediction Market Prices as Probabilities – Paper: PDF file — MIT Center for Collective Intelligence: CCI Spring 2007 Seminar Series All seminars will be held in NE20-336 (3 Cambridge Center). CCI seminars are on Mondays and Thursdays during the … Continue reading

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MIT CCI’s Handbook of Collective Intelligence = a Wiki

#1. If you want to set up a wiki, the software to pick is Wiki Media, which powers Wikipedia. Instead of that, the MIT chose an inferior wiki service. #2. This MIT CCI wiki is mainly [about reproduction]. That is, … Continue reading

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MIT CCI Project: “We Are Smarter Than Me.” – Web event with Shared Insights CEO Barry Libert

… Thursday, November 16, 2006 – 12 Noon – 1:00 PM EST – Yeah, that’s tomorrow!!! As always, we are put on notice at the last minute. It sounds like it is a Web event (webcast or webinar?) coupled with … Continue reading

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MIT Center for Collective Intelligence – Play-money prediction exchange – REDUX

Two weeks ago, I asked: My Question: Does anybody know which software/design the MIT CCI is using here? The Answer: Shared Insights runs the MIT CCI‘s play-money prediction exchange with the software provided by Consensus Point. More Information: Consensus Point … Continue reading

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MIT Center for Collective Intelligence – Play-money prediction exchange

Yesterday, I blogged about the MIT CCI‘s collective book project, “We Are Smarter Than Me“, which will be presented today at a live web cast (at lunch time, EST). I completely overlooked that the MIT CCI is launching a play-money … Continue reading

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