Research

Methodology papers and working drafts

Aurelian publishes methodology papers covering the construction, validation, and ongoing maintenance of each index.

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AURA-PUI: a prediction-market-derived index of U.S. economic policy uncertainty

Daily index of U.S. economic policy uncertainty built from prediction-market prices on Kalshi and Polymarket across five policy domains. Defines the contract-level uncertainty score, normalization across the basket, size and quote-tightness weighting, and the per-domain and per-contract concentration caps.

Forthcoming
AURA-FED: distributional uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy outcomes

Daily basis-point dispersion of the implied Fed funds rate distribution from Kalshi and Polymarket contract families, decomposed across Near-Term, Path, and Terminal horizons, with a Wasserstein-1 companion repricing measure. Working draft in progress.

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