The “Prediction Markets–New Empirical Findings” session, organized by Eric Zitzewitz, of Stanford University Dartmouth College, is slated to include:

• BO COWGILL, Google, JUSTIN WOLFERS, University of Pennsylvania, and ERIC ZITZEWITZ, Stanford University–Prediction Markets Inside the Firm: Evidence From Google
• FORREST NELSON and PHILIP POLGREEN, University of Iowa–Predicting Flu: Prediction Markets vs. Biostatistical Models
• PAUL TETLOCK, University of Texas-Austin–Does Liquidity Affect Securities Market Efficiency?
• RICARD GIL, University of California-Santa Cruz, and STEVEN LEVITT, University of Chicago–Testing the Efficiency of Markets in the 2002 World Cup

In addition to Zitzewitz and Wolfers, paper discussants include CHARLES PLOTT, Caltech, and ROBIN HANSON, George Mason University.

Sounds like quite the party. I predict that the good times will roll.

Austin – Boston – Chicago – Houston – London – Los Angeles – New York City – Paris – Philadelphia – San Francisco – Shangai – Seattle – Toronto – Washington D.C. -