Tag Archives: University of Iowa

IS IT SAFE TO LOCATE A PREDICTION EXCHANGE NEAR A RIVER???

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 15, 2008 — Leave a Comment

BetFair HQ in Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom, European Union
At its feet, the river Thames…
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Previously: River rising. Power plant closed. Is the Iowa Electronic Markets at risk?
“This is an emergency such as we’ve never seen before, with unprecedented threats to our campus,” University of Iowa President Sally Mason said. “This is getting dangerous now.”
Wikipedia on [...]

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Miscellaneous | Also tagged BetFair, BetFair address, BetFair building, BetFair corporate office, BetFair headquarters, BetFair HQ, Chancellors Road, European Union, floods, HammerSmith, Hammersmith Embankment, Iowa, Iowa Electronic Markets, London, prediction markets, President, river, river Thames, Sally Mason, Thames, The Sporting Exhange, United Kingdom, Winslow Road

RIVER RISING. POWER PLANT CLOSED. IOWA ELECTRONIC MARKETS AT RISK? DEVELOPING…

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 15, 2008 — 1 Comment

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“The river [which passes thru the U of I] is expected to reach 33 feet to 34 feet Monday or early Tuesday. Flood stage is 25 feet.“
“This is an emergency such as we’ve never seen before, with unprecedented threats to our campus,” University of Iowa President Sally Mason said. “This is getting dangerous now.”
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U of [...]

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Miscellaneous | Also tagged floods, Iowa, Iowa Electronic Markets, prediction markets, President, Sally Mason

U.S. COAST GUARDS DEPLOYED TO SAVE THE IOWA ELECTRONIC MARKETS

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 15, 2008 — Leave a Comment

“This is an emergency such as we’ve never seen before, with unprecedented threats to our campus,” University of Iowa President Sally Mason said. “This is getting dangerous now.”
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Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Miscellaneous | Also tagged floods, Iowa, Iowa Electronic Markets, prediction markets, President, Sally Mason

The best researchers on prediction markets

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 4, 2008 — Leave a Comment

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.)
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Michael Abramowicz – Michael B. Abramowicz – (Law School, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
Bernd H. Ankenbrand – Bernd Ankenbrand – (Lecturer, Witten/Herdecke [...]

Posted in People, Resources - References | Also 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. 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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 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

Short list of the economics labs researching on prediction markets

Written by Chris F. Masse on May 30, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Labs
(with thanks to Chris Hibbert of Zocalo)
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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.)
Economic Science Institute – (ESI) – (Chapman University, California, U.S.A.)
HP Labs – (Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.)
Laboratory for Experimental Economics and [...]

Posted in Economics, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Resources - References | Also tagged California, Cambridge, Center for Prediction Markets, Chapman University, Chris Hibbert, Collective Intelligence, Cologne, Economic Science Institute, Economics, event derivative markets, event derivatives, George Mason University, Germany, Google, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Hewlett-Packard, HP Labs, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, Iowa, Knowledge Lab, laboratories, Laboratory for Economics Management and Auctions, Laboratory for Experimental Economics and Political Science, labs, Massachusetts, Microsoft, MIT Center, Mountain View, National Chengchi University, Palo Alto, Pasadena, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, prediction markets, Redmont, Research, Taiwan, United States, University of Virginia, Vecon Lab, Virginia, Washington, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Research Labs

Academics to discuss prediction market experience

Written by Michael Giberson on October 18, 2007 — 4 Comments

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].
The “Prediction Markets–New Empirical Findings” session, organized by Eric Zitzewitz, of Stanford University Dartmouth College, [...]

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Events & Meetings | Also 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 Pennsylvania, University of Texas, World Cup

BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade and the Hollywood Stock Exchange do control what you read on Wikipedia.

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 18, 2007 — 11 Comments

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- BetFair has been editing Wikipedia 6 times.
- TradeSports-InTrade has been editing Wikipedia 33 times.
- Cantor (the owner of the HSX): 134 times.
- Google (of Bo Cowgill) and Yahoo! (of David Pennock and Daniel Reeves): hundreds of times.
- University of Iowa (the owner of the Iowa Electronic Markets), George Mason University (the working place of [...]

Posted in Ethics, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Resources - References | Also tagged Alex Costakis, Cantor, Daniel Reeves, David Pennock, David Yu, George Mason University, Google, Henry Berg, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, John Delaney, Microsoft, New York Times, owner, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, Yahoo!

Yes Virginia, Wikipedia is a warzone of vested interests.

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 14, 2007 — Leave a Comment

Wiki Scanner: Search the Wikipedia edits to spot the organizations that edited it.
It would be interesting to investigate who edited the Wikipedia pages on prediction markets and betting exchanges. (At the time of writing, Wiki Scanner was out of service.)
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UPDATE: BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade and the Hollywood Stock Exchange do control what you read on Wikipedia.
- BetFair [...]

Posted in Resources - References | Also tagged Cantor, Daniel Reeves, David Pennock, George Mason University, Google, Henry Berg, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, Microsoft, owner, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, Virginia, Yahoo!

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets Workshop starts today.

Written by George Tziralis on May 21, 2007 — 1 Comment

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 and complete list of papers to be presented are available here, while directly related to prediction [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Meta), Betting, Economics, Gambling | Also 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 Karlsruhe, University of Pennsylvania, University of Waikato, University of Westminster, Vasiliki A. Makropoulou, World Cup, Yahoo!

Economists’ Petition on Prediction Markets

Written by Chris F. Masse on May 7, 2007 — 9 Comments

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 Litan, Paul Milgrom, Forrest D. Nelson, George R. Neumann, Charles R. Plott, Thomas C. Schelling, [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Regulations | Also 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 Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, University of South Florida, University of Texas at Austin, Vernon L. Smith, Yale University

Tag Archives: University of Iowa

IS IT SAFE TO LOCATE A PREDICTION EXCHANGE NEAR A RIVER???

RIVER RISING. POWER PLANT CLOSED. IOWA ELECTRONIC MARKETS AT RISK? DEVELOPING…

U.S. COAST GUARDS DEPLOYED TO SAVE THE IOWA ELECTRONIC MARKETS

Short list of the economics labs researching on prediction markets

Academics to discuss prediction market experience

BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade and the Hollywood Stock Exchange do control what you read on Wikipedia.

Yes Virginia, Wikipedia is a warzone of vested interests.

The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets Workshop starts today.

Economists’ Petition on Prediction Markets

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