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Economic Commentary

The Iowa Electronic Markets

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In 1998, University of Iowa faculty members created their own futures markets. These experimental markets, designed to provide insights into the behavior of traders and naturally occurring markets, are still going strong. Their clever design gives them another practical use: They can be used to predict future events such as election outcomes and Federal Open Market Committee voting.

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Gomme, Paul. 2003. “The Iowa Electronic Markets.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 4/15/2003.

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