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Proposes a transfer learning framework to improve U.S. election prediction models.

problem Limited spatial data and spatial dependence challenges in presidential election prediction.
method Proposes a novel transfer learning framework within the SAR model, using a two-stage algorithm with transferring and debiasing stages.
result Substantially improves prediction accuracy and outperforms traditional methods in U.S. presidential swing states.

Human stablecoin transactions predict political risk in cryptocurrency markets.

problem Predicting political risk in cryptocurrency markets.
method Structural break analysis and surrogate-based robustness tests.
result Human-driven stablecoin transactions shift significantly before major political events.

Fuzzy Forests reduces feature space in high-dimensional survey data.

problem High-dimensional and highly correlated datasets in social science.
method Fuzzy Forests algorithm, a variant of Random Forests.
result Partisan polarization was the strongest factor in the 2020 presidential election.

Prediction markets can shape political behavior through persistent signals, not just forecast accuracy.

problem The role of prediction markets beyond forecasting.
method Transaction-level evidence from the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Signal Credibility Index (SCI).
result Price signals in prediction markets are more influential due to persistence, breadth of trader types, and cross-platform consensus.

Taleb (2018) claimed a novel approach to evaluating the quality of probabilistic election forecasts via no-arbitrage pricing techniques and argued that popular forecasts of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election had violated arbitrage boundaries. We show that under mild assumptions all such political forecasts are arbitra…

2019-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Scores political leanings in Web3 betting markets.

problem Understanding political motivations in decentralized prediction markets.
method Constructing PBLS from Polymarket data, analyzing 15k addresses, 4k events, 8k markets.
result Validated PBLS through internal and external comparisons, revealing political and profit motives.

Donald Trump was lagging behind in nearly all opinion polls leading up to the 2016 US presidential election, but he surprisingly won the election. This raises the following important questions: 1) why most opinion polls were not accurate in 2016? and 2) how to improve the accuracies of opinion polls? In this paper, we …

2018-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

PPI uses proxy data to improve inference from limited labels across related tasks.

problem Statistical inference with limited labels across multiple related tasks.
method Prediction-powered inference framework that uses cross-task recalibration to improve power and accuracy.
result Cross-task recalibration can substantially reduce confidence interval widths when labels are scarce.

We consider the estimation of binary election outcomes as martingales and propose an arbitrage pricing when one continuously updates estimates. We argue that the estimator needs to be priced as a binary option as the arbitrage valuation minimizes the conventionally used Brier score for tracking the accuracy of probabil…

2017-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New method evaluates language model forecasters by checking consistency of predictions.

problem Evaluating the performance of language model forecasters is difficult due to lack of ground truth.
method Developed a consistency check framework based on arbitrage to evaluate forecasters.
result Consistency metrics correlate with ground truth performance of LLM forecasters.

Study examines Trump's crypto influence on markets, revealing conflicts and vulnerabilities.

problem Presidential power and cryptocurrency markets during Trump's second term.
method Mixed-methods approach combining quantitative and qualitative data.
result Political-linked digital assets became a distinct class with systemic vulnerabilities.

Study of negative ads on social media during U.S. midterm elections.

problem Understanding the effectiveness and mechanisms of negative advertising on social media.
method Machine learning for sentiment analysis, AI image recognition, ordinal regressions.
result Negative ads are less effective than previously thought, anger is a key mechanism.

The goal of this research was to find a way to extend the capabilities of computers through the processing of language in a more human way, and present applications which demonstrate the power of this method. This research presents a novel approach, Rhetorical Analysis, to solving problems in Natural Language Processin…

2013-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a new modeling technique for solving the problem of ecological inference, in which individual-level associations are inferred from labeled data available only at the aggregate level. We model aggregate count data as arising from the Poisson binomial, the distribution of the sum of independent but not identic…

2018-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

The aggregation of k-ary preferences is a historical and important problem, since it has many real-world applications, such as peer grading, presidential elections and restaurant ranking. Meanwhile, variants of Plackett-Luce model has been applied to aggregate k-ary preferences. However, there are two urgent issues sti…

2018-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

During times of extreme market turmoil, it is acknowledged that there is a tendency towards "flight to safety". A strong (weak) safe haven is defined as an asset that has a significant positive (negative) return in periods where another asset is in distress, while hedge has to be negatively correlated (uncorrelated) on…

2017-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Crowd opinions in microblogs can predict event outcomes, matching with expert opinions.

problem Utilizing crowd wisdom for event outcome prediction in microblogs.
method Multi-label sentiment classification of tweets to gauge crowd opinion and compare with expert predictions.
result Crowd opinions in microblogs often match with expert opinions, especially in non-debate events.

Prediction markets are used in real life to predict outcomes of interest such as presidential elections. This paper presents a mathematical theory of artificial prediction markets for supervised learning of conditional probability estimators. The artificial prediction market is a novel method for fusing the prediction …

2011-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Complex dynamical systems driven by the unravelling of information can be modelled effectively by treating the underlying flow of information as the model input. Complicated dynamical behaviour of the system is then derived as an output. Such an information-based approach is in sharp contrast to the conventional mathem…

2019-04-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper examines how voter concentration affects election outcomes in district-based systems.

problem How does the spatial concentration of electors impact election results?
method The authors frame the spatial distribution of electors in a probabilistic setting and explore models to capture intra-district polarization. They use Likelihood-free Inference under the Approximate Bayesian Computation framework and supervised regression methods to estimate parameters.
result The models can capture statistical properties of real elections and show how voter distributions can change election results.

The study identifies extremal dependence in financial markets using a bootstrap-based testing procedure.

problem Accurately identifying extremal dependence in multivariate heavy-tailed financial data.
method Bootstrap-based testing procedure applied to U.S. and Chinese stock returns.
result The U.S. exhibits more isolated clustering of dependent assets compared to China.

Calculates winning probability for three candidates based on support rates and information timing.

problem Determining optimal strategy for three candidates in an election.
method Closed-form solution using support rates, political spectrum positioning, time left, and information revelation rate.
result Optimal strategy can be complex, especially for candidates in the center of a polarized electorate.

In accordance with "Democracy's Effect on Development: More Questions than Answers", we seek to carry out a study in following the description in the 'Questions for Further Study.' To that end, we studied 33 countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, who all went through an election which should signal a "step-up" for…

2017-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we explore the detection of clusters of stocks that are in synergy in the Indian Stock Market and understand their behaviour in different circumstances. We have based our study on high frequency data for the year 2014. This was a year when general elections were held in India, keeping this in mind our da…

2019-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Analyzes how Trump's tweets impact global stock markets.

problem Understanding the financial impact of presidential tweets on stock markets.
method Examined tweets from Donald Trump's presidency, collected from The Guardian and Bloomberg, and analyzed their effect on equity indices.
result Identified tweets that significantly influenced stock market indices.

The paper uses Black-Scholes model to analyze political support and coalition agreements.

problem Determining the minimum support level for a minor party in a pre-electoral coalition.
method Modeling political support as a stochastic process with a deterministic growth rate and applying Black-Scholes option pricing theory.
result The minimum support level for a minor party to gain a representative in a pre-electoral coalition.

Paper proposes a faster neural machine translation model using election methods and Q-learning.

problem Slower inference time in complex attention models.
method Modelled attention network using election methods and Q-learning.
result Inference time is less than a standard Bahdanau translator, results comparable.

Optimizes neural networks for solving problems with pruning and ensembles of minimal structures.

problem Improving neural network performance and interpretability.
method Pruning neural networks based on the principle of controlling training and pruning, using sensitivity indicators and logically transparent NN.
result Ensemble of minimal neural networks provides diverse forecasting algorithms and identifies areas for further data collection.

Federated learning on graphs tackles heterogeneity with efficient parameter estimation.

problem Parameter estimation in federated learning with data distribution and communication heterogeneity.
method Joint estimation of parameters using MM-estimation framework with fused Lasso regularization, considering graph structure.
result Our estimator achieves optimal rate under certain graph fidelity conditions, similar to centralized aggregation.

We investigate the complexity of logistic regression models which is defined by counting the number of indistinguishable distributions that the model can represent (Balasubramanian, 1997). We find that the complexity of logistic models with binary inputs does not only depend on the number of parameters but also on the …

2019-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian estimators for causal inference using hierarchical Gaussian Processes.

problem Estimating causal effects in sharp and fuzzy RD/RK designs.
method Hierarchical Gaussian Process models for regression and classification.
result Hierarchical GP models improve precision and coverage of RD/RK estimations.

New voting strategies show committee-based consensus can scale efficiently.

problem Ensuring honest committees in committee-based consensus protocols.
method Empirical analysis of simpler voting strategies and their convergence to optimality.
result Simpler voting strategies converge to optimality exponentially quickly, ensuring robustness and efficiency.