Market Information: PRES00_WTA
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| Name: | PRES00_WTA |
| Description: | 2000 U.S. Presidential Election Winner-Takes-All Market |
| Open Date: | 05/01/00 11:59:00 |
| Close Date: | 11/10/00 12:00:00 |
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The Iowa Electronic Markets is a futures market run for research and teaching purposes. Traders can buy and sell real-money contracts based on their belief about the outcome of an election or other event. Using this "wisdom of crowds," the price of a contract at any given time is a forecast of the outcome.