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Managing
Director
manages the day to day operations of
Texopus Predictions. He
obtained his B.A. (1993) in
International Relations at the
University of Toronto and
M.A. (1995) in International
Relations at the University of
Amsterdam. He established
a
consulting firm in Vancouver
providing services to European companies
and governments on
commercial projects, e.g.
commissioned to conduct a
nation wide Canadian
research project for
European Union.
Later he served as Trade
Commissioner for the Netherlands
Consulate in Vancouver and the
Canadian Embassy in The Hague, where
he provided trade and
investment advice to
European and Canadian
companies including DSM,
Shell, and Philips. He published extensively on
business issues in Dutch and
Canadian publications.
 Prof.
Charles
Holt, Scientific Advisor
Charles Holt is currently A. Willis
Robertson Professor of Political
Economy at the
Department of Economics of
University of Virginia. He obtained
his M.S. (1974) and PhD
(1977) at Carnegie-Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia.
He has conducted research and
published widely on Prediction
Markets and related
fields including experimental
economics, behavioral economics
auction designs and
bidding strategy. He advices Texopus
Predictions on implementation
and interpretation of Prediction
Market projects.
 Dr.
Andrew Leigh, Scientific Advisor
Andrew Leigh is currently the
Associate Professor for Economics
Program at Research
School of Social Sciences,
Australian National University. He
obtained his Masters in
Public Administration (2002) and PhD
in Public Policy (2004) at
Harvard University.
His fields of research include:
labor economics, public economics,
and political economy.
He has published a number of
research papers on Prediction
Markets and related fields. He
advices Texopus Predictions on
implementation and interpretation of
Prediction Market projects.
Prof.
Christopher Wlezien, Scientific
Advisor
Christopher Wlezien is Professor
of Political Science and Faculty
Affiliate of the Institute for
Public Affairs at Temple
University. He received his PhD
from the University of Iowa (1989).
His research
focuses on elections, public opinion
and political economy. Some of his
ongoing work compares market prices
and polls as predictors of election
outcomes. He advises Texopus
Predictions on the analysis and
interpretation of prediction
markets.
Prof. Arthur
Schram ,
Scientific Advisor
Arthur Schram is professor of
experimental economics at the
Faculty of Economics and
Econometrics of the University of
Amsterdam. His research interests
include experimental economics,
public economics, political
economics, industrial organization
and behavioral economics.
He has set up
a number of Prediction Markets on
Dutch elections and published on
them. He also has extensive
experience in laboratory markets and
as consultant on market related
issues for a number of public and
private organizations.
Associate
Professor Tony Kwasnica ,
Scientific Advisor
Tony Kwasnica is an associate
professor of Business Economics at
Penn State. He is in the
Department of Insurance and Real
Estate in the Smeal College of
Business Administration. He is
also a member of the Laboratory for
Economic Management and Auctions (LEMA).
He is also a faculty affiliate at
The Center for Supply Chain
Research.
His Prediction Market expertise
include design particularly issues
related to small (thin) markets,
appropriate structure of assets, and
market manipulation.
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