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The best researchers on prediction markets

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

Posted in People, Resources - References | Tagged Adam, Adam Meirowitz, Administration, American Enterprise Institute, Anderson School, Andrew Leigh, Anita Elberse, Anthony M. Kwasnica, Arizona, Australia, Australian National University, Austria, Becker Center, Bernardo A. Huberman, Bernd H. Ankenbrand, Bernd Skiera, Bilkent University, British Columbia, Business, C. Schelling - Thomas Schelling, California, California Institute of Technology, Canada, Centre Nationale, Change, Chapman University, Charles A. Holt, Charles F. Manski, Charles Holt, Charles R. Plott, Chicago, Chief Economist, Chris Hibbert, Collective Intelligence, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Business Administration, College of Management, Connecticut, corporate prediction markets, D. Hamilton - James Hamilton, D.C., Daniel Reeves, Dartmouth College, David M. Pennock, David Paton, David Porter, dean, Denmark, Department of Computer Science, Department of Economics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Insurance and Real Estate, Department of Politics, Director, Division of Humanity and Social Sciences, e-commerce, E. Litan - Robert Litan, Economic Science Institute, Economics Department, Emile Servan-Schreiber, enterprise prediction markets, Eric Crampton, Eric W. Zitzewitz, Eric Zitzewitz, Erik Snowberg, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Executive Director, F. Manski - Charles Manski, Florida, Forrest Nelson, France, Friedrich August Von Hayek, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Gary William Flake, George Mason University, George R. Neumann, George Washington University, Gerhard Ortner, Germany, Goethe University, Google, Graduate School, H. Ankenbrand - Bernd Ankenbrand, Hal R. Varian, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, HP Labs, IIT Center for Financial Markets, Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology, information aggregation tool, Information Dynamics Lab, Information Services & Process Innovation Lab, internal prediction markets, Iowa, J. Arrow - Kenneth Arrow, James Annan, James D. Hamilton, James Surowiecki, Japan, John O. Ledyard, Joyce Berg, Joyce E. Berg, Justin J. Wolfers, Justin Wolfers, Kansas, Kansas City, Kauffman Foundation, Kay-Yut Chen, Keith Gamble, Keith Jacks Gamble, Kellogg, Kenneth J. Arrow, Kentucky, L. Savage - Sam Savage, Lance Fortnow, Lance J. Fortnow, law school, Lecturer, LEEPS, LEEPS laboratory, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Leslie R. Fine, London Business School, Los Angeles, M. Kwasnica - Anthony Kwasnica, M. Todd Henderson, manager, Marco Ottaviani, Martin Spann, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McCormick School of Engineering, Michael Abramowicz, Michael B. Abramowicz, Michael Gorham, Michael P. Wellman, Michael Wellman, Michigan, Micro-Economic and Social Systems, Microsoft, Missouri, MIT, MIT Center, New Jersey, New York, New York City, New Zealand, Nicolas Lambert, North Carolina, Northwestern University, Norwestern University, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham University, Paris, Paul C. Tetlock, Paul Milgrom, Paul W. Rhode, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, Peter Norman Sorensen, Philip E. Tetlock, Philip Tetlock, prediction markets, Princeton University, Principal Research Scientist, private prediction markets, Professor, professors, R. Varian - Hal Varian, Rahul Sami, Recherche Scientifique, Reg-Markets Center, Research School of Social Sciences, researchers, Richard Borghesi, Richard Roll, Robert E. Litan, Robert Forsythe, Robert J. Shiller, Robert W. Hahn, Robin D. Hanson, Robin Hanson, Russ Ray, Ryan Oprea, Sam L. Savage, San Diego, San Marcos, Santa Cruz, Sauder School of Business, Saul Levmore, scholars, School of Business, School of Information, School of Management, School of Public Affair, Sciences, Social Computing Lab, software architect, Stanford University, Steve Levitt, Steven D. Levitt, Steven Levitt, Stuart School of Business, technology, Texas, Texas State University, Thomas A. Rietz, Thomas C. Schelling, Thomas Gruca, Thomas S Gruca, Thomas W. Malone, Thomas W. Ross, Todd A. Proebsting, Todd Proebsting, Tom Malone, Tom W. Bell, Tracy Mullen, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, University of Applied Sciences, University of Arizona, University of British Columbia, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Canterbury, University of Chicago, University of Copenhagen, University of Iowa, University of Kansas, University of Louisville, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Passau, University of Pennsylvania, University of South Florida, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, Vancouver, Vernon L. Smith, Vice President for Research and Policy, Virginia, W. Flake - Gary Flake, W. Rhode - Paul Rhode, W. Ross - Thomas Ross, Washington, Werner Antweiler, Wharton Business School, Witten, Witten/Herdecke University, Yahoo! Research Labs, Yale University, Zocalo Project Manager | Leave a comment

Academics to discuss prediction market experience

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Michael Giberson

According to the preliminary schedule of the 2008 American Economic Association annual meetings, some leading prediction market scholars will be gathering to discuss empirical data from prediction markets. The meetings will be held in New Orleans in early January [2008]. … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Events & Meetings | Tagged American Economic Association, Austin, California, Charles Plott, Eric Zitzewitz, Forrest Nelson, George Mason University, Google, Iowa, Justin Wolfers, New Orleans, Paul Tetlock, Pennsylvania, PHILIP POLGREEN, prediction markets, Ricard Gil, Robin Hanson, Santa Cruz, Stanford University Dartmouth College, Stanford University, Steven Levitt, Texas, University of California-Santa Cruz, University of Chicago, University of Iowa, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas, World Cup | 4 Comments

Were the InTrade prediction markets on the November 2006′s Senate elections accurate?

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Revisiting the issue, almost one year later. Lance Fortnow (University of Chicago) wrote: So how did those predictions go? In short you can say the markets predicted every individual race correctly but got the senate wrong, but let us look … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged GOP senate, Lance Fortnow, Missouri, Republican Party, Senate, University of Chicago, Virginia | Leave a comment

Second Workshop on Prediction Markets – San Diego, California, U.S.A. – June 12, 2007

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Second Workshop on Prediction Markets – San Diego, California, U.S.A. – June 12, 2007 — 8:30 â€“ 8:35 Opening remark 8:35 â€“ 9:30 Amit Gandhi, “Rational Expectations at the Racetrack : Testing Expected Utility Using Prediction Market Prices” (20 min) … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Events & Meetings | Tagged Amit Gandhi, Bernd H. Ankenbrand, California, Chris Hibbert, Daniel M. Reeves, David M. Pennock, David Perry, Dirk Glienke, Electronic Arts, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Eric Zitzewitz, Erik Snowberg, John O. Ledyard, Lance Fortnow, Matthew Fogarty, Michael Abramowicz, Michael Gebauer, Michael Wellman, Natasha Foutz, Paul J. Healy, prediction markets, Rahul Sami, Rica Gonen, Ricardo Serrano-Padial, Robin D. Hanson, Russell Anderson, San Diego, Stanford University, Stanko Dimitrov, Stefan Luckner, Steven Gjerstad, United States, University of Chicago, Wolfgang Jank, Yiling Chen | Leave a comment

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

Economists’ Petition on Prediction Markets

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Statement on Prediction Markets – (Click here to read the abstract and download the petition from the SSRN site) – by Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert Forsythe, Michael Gorham, Robert Hahn, Robin Hanson, Daniel Kahneman, John O. Ledyard, Saul Levmore, Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Regulations | Tagged AEI, AEI-Brookings Joint Center, California, California Institute of Technology, Charles R. Plott, Congress, Daniel Kahneman, Eric Zitzewitz, Erik Snowberg, Federal Reserve System, Florida, Forrest D. Nelson, George Mason University, George R. Neumann, Hal R. Varian, Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Iowa, John O. Ledyard, Justin Wolfers, Kenneth J. Arrow, London Business School, Marco Ottaviani, Maryland, Michael Gorham, Paul C. Tetlock, Paul Milgrom, Pennsylvania, Philip E. Tetlock, prediction markets, Princeton University, Robert Forsythe, Robert Hahn, Robert J. Shiller, Robert Litan, Robin Hanson, Saul Levmore, Stanford University, Texas, Thomas C. Schelling, United States, University of California, University of Chicago, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, University of South Florida, University of Texas at Austin, Vernon L. Smith, Yale University | 9 Comments

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 →

Posted in Events & Meetings | Tagged Albert N. Link, Alexander Koch, Alistair Bruce, Andrew Economopoulos, Andrew Grant, Andrew Weinbach, Andy Weinbach, Athens University of Economics and Business, Avichai Snir, Bar Ilan University, Bob Erikson, Boston College, Bruno Deschamps, California, Chad D. Cotti, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Coastal Carolina University, College of the Holy Cross, Columbia, Columbia University, Cross Border, Dartmouth College, David Grant, David Johnstone, David Paton, David Peel, Don Imus, Donald Siegel, Douglas Walker, Drew B. Winters, Embedded Prediction, Eric Zitzewitz, Feng Zhou, George Mason University, Georgia, Georgia College, Greensboro, Greg Durham, Hebrew University, Herbert Walther, Ian McHale, Internet betting, Iowa, Iraq, Jeremy Ko, John Lynham, John Pierson, John T. Scott, Johnnie Johnson, Justin Wolfers, Kelly Probability Scoring, Lancaster University, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Loreto Llorente, Macau, Marshall Gramm, Mike Wenz, Ming-Chien Sung, Montana, National Football League, New York, New York University, North Carolina, Norwegian School of Economics, Nottingham Trent University, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Ole Jakob Bergfjord, Orly Sade, Palm Desert, Pennsylvania, Philip O'Connor, prediction markets, Professor, Ramon DeGennaro, Raphael Markellos, Raymond So, Rhodes College, Ricard Gil, Ricardo Siu, Richard McGowan, Riverside, Robin Hanson, Rodney J. Paul, Ron Mau, Royal Holloway College, Ruhr-UniversitÃ¤t Bochum, Salford University, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Schnytzer, Shannon Neibergs, South Carolina, Southampton, Southampton University, St. Bonaventure University, Stanford University, Stefan Luckner, Stefan Winter, Steve Levitt, Sydney Professor David, Tennessee, tennis, Texas, Texas Tech University, Tom Gruca, United Kingdom, United States, Universidad PÃºblica de Navarra, University of Bath, University of Birmingham, University of California, University of Chicago, University of Economics, University of Iowa, University of Karlsruhe, University of Kent, University of London, University of Macau, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham Jiejun Yu, University of Pennsylvania, University of South Carolina, University of Sydney, University of Tennessee, University of Waikato, University of Waikato TBA, University of Westminster, Ursinus College, Victor Matheson, Washington, Washington State University, Western Carolina University, William H. Dare, William Ziemba, Winona State University, World Cup, Yahoo! | 1 Comment

The 27th Annual International Symposium on Forecasting

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The 27th Annual International Symposium on Forecasting – Financial Forecasting in a Global Economy @ Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York City, NY, U.S.A. – 2007-06-24~27 Keynote Speakers Robert Engle = Michael Armellino Professor of Finance at New York University … Continue reading →

Posted in Events & Meetings, Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Tagged Allan Timmermann, Arnold Zellner, Automatic Forecasting Systems, Board of Trustees, Cambridge University, Center for International Macroeconomics and Finance, Charles F. Manski, Climate Analysis Section, Colleen "Coco" Crum, Columbia, Columbia Business School, Conference Board, David Hendry, David P. Reilly, Director, Fellow and Economic Counselor, Hans Georg Zimmermann, head, instructor, J. Scott Armstrong, Kevin E. Trenberth, Lancaster University, Managing Principal, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Neural Networks, New York, New York City, New York University Stern School of Business, Northwestern University, Oliver, Oliver Wight, Oxford University, Paul Goodwin, Pennsylvania, Professor, Professor of Accounting, professor of economics, Professor of Finance, Professor of Management Science, Professor of Marketing, Robert Engle, Robert Fildes, Scholar, Siemens AG, Stephen Penman, Times Square, UC Berkeley, United States, University of Bath, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Victor Zarnowitz, Wharton School | Leave a comment

Chicago, Athens, and Jerusalem

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Why this crazy blog name? Chicagoâ€“My hometown, the location of my [university] education at the University of Chicago, one of the worldâ€™s premier centers of scientific [research]. Known as a hub of transportation and commerce, and for the â€œChicago Schoolsâ€ … Continue reading →

Posted in Resources - References | Tagged Athens, Chicago, Friedrich August Von Hayek, Jerusalem, Leo Strauss, the University of Chicago, University of Chicago | Leave a comment

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