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Science comes to the rescue of the “leading academics” suffering lapses of memory —those who, on Monday, signed on to be on the board of the Prediction Market Industry Association, which is supposed to lobby for the legalization of InTrade’s real-money prediction markets in the United States of America —and, on the next Tuesday, signed Bob’s puritan and sterile petition.
CX717 = “memory pills” US scientists have invented a pill that can boost memory. – Invented by Dr Gary Lynch from the University of California. – - John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): … Continue reading
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Tagged California, CEO, CX717, Gary Lynch, George Mason University, Humor, InTrade, John Delaney, Justin Wolfers, memory lapses, memory loss, memory pills, Pennsylvania, Prediction Market Industry Association, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, United States Of America, University of California, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
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Pssttt… Did I tell you that I like InTrade CEO John Delaney’s comment to the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)? I can’t remember whether I did tell you that already. (I do suffer memory lapses, sometimes. I know it’s a common affliction, because I see that Robin Hanson and Justin Wolfers, just before they signed Bob’s puritan and sterile petition, completely forgot that they were on the board of the Prediction Market Industry Association, which is supposed to lobby for the legalization of InTrade’s real-money prediction markets in the United States of America. A lapse in memory, probably.)
John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): Nearly all leading academics, not known for their attraction to unanimity, have publicly supported event markets. A great majority of these academics have been supplied with Intrade … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, CEO, George Mason University, Humor, InTrade, John Delaney, Justin Wolfers, Pennsylvania, PMIA, Prediction Market Industry Association, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, United States Of America, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
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The Case for Decrimininalization of Prediction Markets
[This article is cross-posted from Major Wager.] – A recent article in the prestigious academic journal Science (May 16, 2008, Vol 320, p. 877-8) once again makes the case for regulated prediction markets, more commonly known as “betting exchanges” to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear Sterns, BetFair, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, decision-making tool, Dublin, economist, Enron, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, federal law, Internet casinos, Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, internet gambling laws, InTrade, Iowa, Iraq, Jay Graziani, Justin Wolfers, laws, Major, MATCHBOOK, Middle East, National Basketball Association, NBA, oil, oil crisis, online gamblers, online prediction markets, Pennsylvania, Pentagon, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, profit-making tools, real-money prediction exchanges, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, S&P 500, sports betting, Stanford, the Science, The University of Iowa, the University of Pennsylvania, TradeSports, United States, United States Congress, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, Wager, Wharton School, Yale
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We could use a US Gambling And Betting Commission, but the best would be to have prediction exchanges (modeled after BetFair) that alert the sports bodies about any suspicions.
- New York Times: “Insider trading is a bigger deal in sports than in the financial markets,†said Justin Wolfers, a professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, who studies gambling. “We … Continue reading
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Tagged BetFair, Betting, betting market, Gambling, gambling market, insider trading, Justin Wolfers, Mark Davies, multibillion-dollar sports gambling market, New York Times, Pennsylvania, prediction markets, Professor of Business, professor of business and public policy, Regulations, Securities and Exchange Commission, sports betting, sports bodies, the University of Pennsylvania, US Gambling And Betting Commission, Wharton School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
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Prediction Market Industry Association
InTrade-TradeSports: PREDICTION MARKET INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IS BORN Monday, Oct 22, 2007 PREDICTION MARKET INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IS BORN Industry and thought leaders join forces to help promote and grow the field of prediction markets. London (Oct 22 2007) – The recent … Continue reading
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Tagged chairman, Delaney (Intrade)
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Justin Wolfers Seminar: Interpreting Prediction Market Prices as Probabilities
Justin Wolfers Seminar: Interpreting Prediction Market Prices as Probabilities Justin Wolfers, Wharton School (talk based on joint work with Eric Zitzewitz) Monday, May 14, 2007 — 4:00-5:30 pm 3 Cambridge Center, MIT Building NE20, Room 336 Conference Room, MIT, Massachusetts, … Continue reading
The LinkedIn Profile of the Top Thinker on Prediction Markets [*]
Justin Wolfers’ profile at LinkedIn: Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy at The Wharton School, U. Penn and Public Policy Consultant Greater Philadelphia Area Current * Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy at The Wharton School, U. Penn … Continue reading
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Tagged David Pennock, economist, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Greater Philadelphia, Harvard University, Justin Wolfers, National Bureau of Economic Research, online survey, prediction markets, Professor of Business, professor of economics, Public Policy Consultant, Reserve Bank of Australia, San Francisco, University of Sydney, Wharton School
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The 27th Annual International Symposium on Forecasting
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
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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
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