This may be of interest to some list members Don Donald McCarthy Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: +44 020 72227060 F: +44 020 72220310 > -----Original Message----- > From: Marie-Edith Bissey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Political Experiment in Italy > > [NOTE: If you belong to several mailing lists, especially of Italian > economists, you may have already received a version of this email. > We apologise for any duplicates.] > > Dear colleagues, > > We would like to inform you about a research project we are working > on. This project is financed by the Laboratorio di Economia > Sperimentale dell'Universita' del Piemonte Orientale. We are hoping > that this project may be of interest to you, and that you will be > willing to pass on this message to your students and colleagues. > > The Facolta' di Scienze Politiche and the Laboratorio di Economia > Sperimentale (AL.EX) of the Universita' del Piemonte Orientale > (Italy) have decided to create electronic markets, following the > model of the Iowa Electronic Markets (and in association with members > of the Henry Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa). > This new market is based on the next political elections in Italy > (scheduled for Spring 2001). > The Italian Electoral Markets opened for trading on the > 1st of February 2001. > > Participants are able to buy and sell assets within a real > market in which they can invest from 5 to 100 Euros. The > registration gives right to a portfolio of assets representative of > the parties or coalitions running in the election. This initial > endowment can be then modified by buying and selling assets. The > final value of the assets is computed on the basis of the proportion > of the votes reported by the various parties/coalitions. > > For further information on the Italian Electoral Markets, > and to access the markets, you can go to the AL.EX site: > http://polis.unipmn.it/alex/iem/advert.html > Note please that the market and the information are in Italian. > > We thank you for your attention and invite you to participate in the > experiment. > > Yours sincerely, > > Marie-Edith Bissey (Universita' del Piemonte Orientale and AL.EX) > Carmela Di Mauro (Universita' della Calabria and AL.EX) > Anna Maffioletti (Universita' di Torino and AL.EX) > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > AL.EX Laboratorio di Economia Sperimentale > Facolta' di Scienze Politiche tel: (+39)0131283649 > Universita' del Piemonte Orientale fax: (+39)0131263030 > Corso Borsalino, 50 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 15100 ALESSANDRIA -- ITALIA site: > http://polis.unipmn.it/alex/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses, by Star Internet, > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. > For further information visit: > http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp ________________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses, by Star Internet, delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit: http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp
