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Jason Ruspini will answer SOME of these CFTC questions. — 12 days left, Jason.

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – V. Issues for Comment A. Request for Comment The following questions consider the Commission’s regulatory purview over event contracts, the interests that may appropriately … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulations | Tagged American Enterprise Institute, bet markets, betting markets, binary options, CFTC, commodity futures, commodity futures contracts, commodity options, commodity options contracts, definitions, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures, event markets, Explainers, futures contracts, futures markets, Jason Ruspini, Porter, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, retail customers, retail market participants, retail users, Tom W. Bell, Trader, United States Of America, Vernon Smith | 5 Comments

COMMENTS TO THE CFTC: What to expect from Tom W. Bell and Jason Ruspini

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

For those who are just surfacing from an Afghan cave: Tom W. Bell is a law professor at Chapman University (in California) and Jason Ruspini is a Wall Street professional (in New York). – It seems that both will, independently … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Regulations | Tagged American Enterprise Institute, California, CFTC, Chapman University, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, law professor, laws, New York, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, US Supreme Court, Vernon Smith, Wall Street, young economist | 9 Comments

The CFTC is going to close the comments in 12 days. We have 12 days left to convince the CFTC to accept FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges, and counter the evil petition organized by the American Enterprise Institute (which has on its payroll Paul Wolfowitz, the bright masterminder of the Iraq war).

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- THE MIDAS ORACLE TAKES: – CALL TO ACTION: Let’s fight so that the CFTC allows the FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges to deal with “event markets”. – In the for-profit vs not-for-profit debate, our prediction market luminaries, doctored by Bob, are … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Regulations | Tagged American Enterprise Institute, CFTC, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, laws, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, Vernon Smith | 1 Comment

The CFTC is going to close the comments in 13 days. We have 13 days left to convince the CFTC to accept FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges, and counter the evil petition organized by the American Enterprise Institute (which has on its payroll Paul Wolfowitz, the bright masterminder of the Iraq war).

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- PREVIOUSLY: – CALL TO ACTION: Let’s fight so that the CFTC allows the FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges to deal with “event markets”. – In the for-profit vs not-for-profit debate, our prediction market luminaries, doctored by Bob, are on the wrong … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Regulations | Tagged American Enterprise Institute, CFTC, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, Iraq, laws, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, United States Of America | Leave a comment

The CFTC is going to close the comments in 14 days. We have 14 days left to convince the CFTC to accept FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges, and counter the evil petition organized by the American Enterprise Institute (which has on its payroll Paul Wolfowitz, the bright masterminder of the Iraq war).

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Regulations | Tagged American Enterprise Institute, Arnold, CFTC, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, Iraq, laws, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, United States Of America | Leave a comment

CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is soliciting comment on the appropriate regulatory treatment of financial agreements offered by markets commonly … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations | Tagged 202.418.5521, 202.418.5578, AEI-Brookings Joint Center, American Enterprise Institute, bet markets, betting markets, binary options, Bruce Fekrat, by-products, Capper, catastrophe single event insurance option contracts, CFTC, Chicago Board Of Trade, commodity futures, commodity futures contracts, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, commodity options, commodity options contracts, Congress, cottonseed oil, crude oil, D.C., David A. Stawick, definitions, Director, Division of Market Oversight, Eric W. Zitzewitz, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures, event markets, Explainers, futures contracts, futures markets, governor, Hal R. Varian, House Committee on Agriculture, House-Senate Conference Committee, InTrade, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, Justin Wolfers, laws, legalization, livestock products, Michael Abramowicz, Michael Gorham, natural gas, office, particular candidate for political office, particular presidential candidate, Paul C. Tetlock, Paul Wolfowitz, peanut oil, Porter, prediction markets, predictive tools, producer, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, retail customers, retail market participants, retail users, Robert W. Hahn, Secretary, Senate, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, South Carolina, soybean oil, Special Counsel, specific candidate, specific farmer, the New York Times, The University of Iowa, Three Lafayette Centre, Tom W. Bell, Trader, United States, United States Of America, University of Iowa Departments of Accounting and Economics, University's College of Business Administration, USD, Valencia, Vernon Smith, Washington, West Coast, young economist | 24 Comments

The American Enterprise Institute’s proposals to legalize real-money prediction markets in the United States of America

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The Promise of Prediction Markets – by Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert Forsythe, Michael Gorham, Robert Hahn, Robin Hanson, John O. Ledyard, Saul Levmore, Robert Litan, Paul Milgrom, Forrest D. Nelson, George R. Neumann, Marco Ottaviani, Thomas C. Schelling, Robert J. … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged AEI, American Enterprise Institute, Cass R. Sunstein, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Congress, Eric Zitzewitz, Erik Snowberg, event derivative markets, event derivatives, federal regulatory agency, Forrest D. Nelson, George R. Neumann, Hal R. Varian, Iowa, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, John O. Ledyard, Justin Wolfers, Kenneth J. Arrow, laws, legalization, Marco Ottaviani, Michael Gorham, Paul C. Tetlock, Paul Milgrom, Paul Wolfowitz, Philip E. Tetlock, Porter, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, Robert Forsythe, Robert Hahn, Robert J. Shiller, Robert Litan, Robin Hanson, Saul Levmore, sports events, The University of Iowa, Thomas C. Schelling, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, US Congress, USD, Vernon L. Smith, young economist | 27 Comments

The best research papers on prediction markets

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

As seen by Andreas Graefe… IIFâ€™s SIG on Prediction Markets Research Papers Basics Several studies explain the concept of prediction markets and provide useful summaries of the method, e.g. – Spann, M. & Skiera, B. (2003). Internet-based Virtual Stock Markets … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Efficiency), Analysis (Meta), Economics, Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Resources - References | Tagged academic papers, academic research, American Magazine, Andreas Graefe, betting exchange, betting markets, California, California Institute of Technology, cellular telephone, Delphi, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, Hanson, Hewlett-Packard, Hollywood Stock Exchange, IEEE Intelligent Systems, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Political Economy, National Football League, NEC Research Institute, No.1131, North Carolina, OSCAR, Pasadena, Pennock, Porter, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Research, the field, University of North Carolina, Web Market Games | Leave a comment

WEB EXCLUSIVE: What Vernon Smith told the CFTC about the social utility of the event derivative markets —the so-called “prediction markets”

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Professor Vernon Smith (2002 Nobel Laureate, Economics) —PDF file: 1. On oversight: I suggest that initially this function be entirely limited to a monitoring and data archive function. Such information should be available for experimental, econometric, finance and other research … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Economics, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Regulations | Tagged American Enterprise Institute, bet exchanges, betting exchanges, betting markets, CFTC, Economics, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures markets, Finance, Florida, Iowa, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, laws, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, private institutional design, Professor, Regulations, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, Vernon Smith, young economist | 10 Comments

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