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POLLS VERSUS PREDICTION MARKETS: Justin Wolfers retorts to Bob Erikson.

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Justin Wolfers (in January 2008): 1. Bob and Chris has four elections in their data, so it is hard to draw too much from it. That said, I draw two conclusions. First, markets beat an unconditional use of polls as … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Tagged accuracy, Bob Erikson, Christopher Wlezien, event deivative markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Finance, Iowa Electronic Markets, Justin Wolfers, Palm Desert, Politics, polls, prediction markets, relative accuracy, Robert S. Erikson, sports betting markets, Take Fred Thompson, the Journal of Economic Perspectives | 7 Comments

Manipulation can affect prices.

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Eric Zitzewitz

For the last two weeks a very interesting manipulation has been going on in Intrade‘s “Hillary Clinton for President” contract. 1. The contract had been trading between 23 and 26 all year. It has consistently been about half the price … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Market Calls), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Bush, Greg Mankiw, Hanson, Hillary Clinton, media mention, Palm Desert, President, Republican Party, slightly weaker general election candidate, Tyler Cowen, USD | 10 Comments

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets Workshop starts today.

Posted on May 21, 2007 by George Tziralis

In a few hours, the workshop The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications starts at Palm Desert, California. The quality of presenters is excellent and the workshop has succeeded in attracting high level contributions. The program … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Meta), Betting, Economics, Gambling | Tagged Andrew Leigh, Athens University of Economics and Business, Australian National University, Bob Erikson, California, Chris Wlezien, Columbia, Columbia University, Eric Zitzewitz, Feng Zhou, George Mason University, Hebrew University, Iowa, Jakob Bergfjord, Joyce E. Berg, Justin Wolfers, National Football League, New York University, Norwegian School of Economics, Palm Desert, Pennsylvania, Philip O'Connor, prediction markets, Raphael Markellos, Ricard Gil, Robin Hanson, Ryan Oprea, Santa Cruz, Stanford University, Stefan Luckner, Steve Levitt, Temple University, Tom Gruca, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Chicago, University of Iowa, University of Karlsruhe, University of Pennsylvania, University of Waikato, University of Westminster, Vasiliki A. Makropoulou, World Cup, Yahoo! | 1 Comment

COMING SOON: The Prediction Market Conferences

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Prawf Eric Zitzewitz, do you have something to wear, this time?? — Second Workshop on Prediction Markets – (Details) – EC’07 -Â ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce – @ San Diego, California, U.S.A. – 2007-06-11~15 The Growth of Gambling and Prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in Events & Meetings | Tagged California, e-commerce, Palm Desert, San Diego, United States, University of Riverside | Leave a comment

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications – University of California at Riverside, Palm Desert, California, U.S.A. – 2007-05-10~22 Gambling: Design and Implementation 1 – â€œAn Examination of the Determinants of Biased Behaviour in a Market … Continue reading →

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The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

#1. Call for papers – Special issue of Economica – Submission deadline: February 15, 2007. #2. Conference at University of Riverside, Palm Desert, California, U.S.A.: May 20~22, 2007. More information: The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial … Continue reading →

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POLLS VERSUS PREDICTION MARKETS: Justin Wolfers retorts to Bob Erikson.

Manipulation can affect prices.

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets Workshop starts today.

COMING SOON: The Prediction Market Conferences

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications

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