1. Introduction / Leighton Vaughan Williams -- 2. Modeling idea markets : between beauty contests and prediction markets / Ivan Marinovic, Marco Ottaviani and Peter Norman SØrensen -- 3. How prediction markets can save event studies / Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz -- 4....

Energy issues feature frequently in the economic and financial press. Specific examples of topical energy issues come from around the globe and often concern economics and finance. The importance of energy production, consumption and trade raises fundamental economic issues that impact the...

Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives, Third Edition, by John E. Marthinsen, goes to the heart of the arcane and largely misunderstood world of derivative finance and makes it accessible to everyone—even novice readers. Marthinsen takes us behind the scenes, into the back...

Main description: This is the first book about the emerging field of utility indifference pricing for valuing derivatives in incomplete markets. René Carmona brings together a who's who of leading experts in the field to provide the definitive introduction for students, scholars, and...