Political markets: recycling, economization and marketization

Georgia Recycling Markets Directory

DEFINITIONS NOTE: These definitions are for your general use and may differ from those applied by various recyclers. Verify the meaning of terms with the respective recycler. APPLIANCES/WHITE GOODS: Refrigerators, washers and dryers, and other household machinery with mostly metal content. Scrap metal dealers are not interested in appliances primarily composed of plastic. BALE: A densified and ...

Manipulation in Political Prediction Markets

WZB Conference on Markets and Political Economy

We examine coordinated effects of mergers in the Swedish retail market for gasoline during the period 1986-2002. Despite significant changes in market concentration and many factors conducive to coordination, the empirical analysis shows that the level of coordination is low. In addition, statistical tests reject the hypothesis that mergers and acquisitions result in ”coordinated effects”. In p...

PRIVATE MARKETS, CONTRACTS, AND GOVERNMENT PROVISION What Explains the Organization of Local Waste and Recycling Markets?

Price dynamics in political prediction markets.

Prediction markets, in which contract prices are used to forecast future events, are increasingly applied to various domains ranging from political contests to scientific breakthroughs. However, the dynamics of such markets are not well understood. Here, we study the return dynamics of the oldest, most data-rich prediction markets, the Iowa Electronic Presidential Election "winner-takes-all" ma...