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What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: â€œConcept Release … Continue reading →

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How BetFair stole Bastille Day from the French —and how Ed Murray became BetFair’s best friend (NOT A HOAX).

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Michael Giberson (professor of economics and chairman of our scientific advisory board): Actually, I would expect the change to improve liquidity, but the real surprise for Ed Murray is that other than his liquidity argument, I pretty much agree … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Mechanism Designs | Tagged Bastille Day, bet matching, bet matching logic, bet-matching engine, bet-matching process, bet-matching system, BetFair, chairman, market designs, Market Liquidity, matching bets, matching trades, Mechanism Designs, Michael Giberson, prediction markets, professor of economics, professor of economics and chairman, Trader, trading engine | 29 Comments

What Robin Hanson told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson: Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:12:46 -0400 To: secretary@cftc.gov From: Robin Hanson <rhanson@gmu.edu> Subject: Comment on “Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts” —————————————————————- I am an event market innovator, having published the first detailed … Continue reading →

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Forrest Nelson valids Emile Servan-Schreiber.

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via our good friends at Forecasting Principles American Scientist: Forrest Nelson, a professor of economics at the University of Iowa, helped to found the Iowa Electronic Markets. He and his colleagues faced considerable push-back from their university’s lawyers in setting … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged accuracy, Brian Galebach, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, David Pennock, Emile Servan-Schreiber, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Forrest Nelson, Iowa, Iowa Electronic Markets, Justin Wolfers, play-money prediction markets, prediction markets, professor of economics, real-money prediction markets, scientist, The University of Iowa | Leave a comment

LET’S REVISIT HISTORY: In May 2007, Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughed in Paul Wolfowitzâ€™s face.

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BACKGROUND INFO: Kenneth Rogoff is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution and professor of economics at Harvard University. – May 2007′s Blog Post: INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the Paul Wolfowitz event derivatives at InTrade-TradeSports?? – - … Continue reading →

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CLIMBING HIS WAY TO THE TOP: Erik Snowberg is now Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science at California Institute of Technology.

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Erik Snowberg @ CalTech Erik Snowberg @ LinkedIn -

Posted in People | Tagged assistant professor, Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science, California Institute of Technology, CalTech, Erik Snowberg, professor of economics | Leave a comment

Meet the tenured Eric Zitzewitz.

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Eric Zitzewitz = Associate Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College – Greater Boston Area, MA, USA — Eric Zitzewitz (at LinkedIn): Current – Associate Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College Past – Assistant Professor of Economics at Stanford Graduate School … Continue reading →

Posted in People | Tagged associate professor, Boston, Business Analyst, CFO, Dartmouth College, Eric W. Zitzewitz, Eric Zitzewitz, Harvard College, Massachusetts, McKinsey & Co, MIT, prison guard, professor of economics, Stanford, Stanford Graduate School, United States, XM | Leave a comment

Marketing whiz Bill McIntosh left HedgeStreet.

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

He is with DeviseScape now. — OUR HISTORY VIGNETTE: Now you, too, can predict hurricanes. – [HedgeStreet | Forecasting Center - (Hurricanes) | Dashboard] – 2006-09-04 They claim it offers hurricane-weary residents a way to hedge their risk, and could … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged assistant professor of finance, Bill McIntosh, Chief Market Strategist, Finance, Forecasting Center, HedgeStreet, prediction markets, professor of economics, Professor of Finance, Richard Borghesi, Robert Dubil, Texas State University, University of Kansas School of Business, USD, vice president of marketing | Leave a comment

Leak false information to the media, sell the event derivative on InTrade-TradeSports?????

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Bo Cowgill, Foreign Policy (which brought us the fake Wolfo memo last month): [...] In theory, a quiet, dispersed buy of these very cheap contracts coupled with a well-timed leak could be a quick way to get some cash … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Alex Forshaw, Hamas, Harvard, insider trading, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Israel, Kenneth Rogoff, New York Times, Palestinian Authority, Paul Wolfowitz, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, reporter, WORLD BANK MEMO | Leave a comment

New York Times’ Maureen Dowd laughs in Paul Wolfowitz’s face.

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

New York Times’ Maureen Dowd is helping Paul Wolfowitz building his new rÃ©sumÃ©: Work Experience President of World Bank: 2005-2007 Responsibilities: Reining in European lefties, raining tax-free money on Arab girlfriend, and giving anti-corruption efforts a bad name. Achievements: Paralyzed … Continue reading →

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