World Congress 2025, Seeking Expressions of Interest to Host

  Call for Expressions of Interest

The next World Congress (WC) of the Econometric Society (ES) will take place in August 2025 at a location to be decided by the Executive Committee (EC) of the ES in January 2023. The EC welcomes expressions of interest…

Tribute to former President János Kornai

It is with sorrow and great respect that we announce the passing of former Econometric Society President János Kornai. A remembrance has been prepared by Eric Maskin and posted here and on the Econometric Society web site. 

2021 Regional Standing Committee Election Results Released

We are pleased to announce the following members have been elected to their respective Regional Standing Committee.

Africa:               Steven Koch and Ismael Mourifie Australasia:      Heather Anderson and Lata Gangadharan Europe:      …

Econometrica Articles by 2021 Nobel Laureates Joshua D. Angrist, David Card, and Guido W. Imbens Freely Accessible for a Limited Time

The Econometric Society is pleased to announce that the following Econometrica articles by 2021 Nobel Laureates ES Fellow Joshua Angrist, ES Fellow and former coeditor of Econometrica, David Card, and ES Fellow and current Editor-in-Chief of Econometrica, Guido W. Imbens are freely accessible for a limited time.  

ECONOMETRICA:…

Congratulations to Joshua Angrist, David Card, and Guido Imbens -- This Year's Nobel Prize Winners in Economic Sciences

The Econometric Society (ES) congratulates this year’s Nobel Prize winners, ES Fellow Joshua Angrist, ES Fellow and former coeditor of Econometrica, David Card, and ES Fellow and current Editor-in-Chief of Econometrica, Guido Imbens. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank…

The Council Elects Joseph Altonji as At-Large Member

The Society is pleased to announce the election of Joseph Altonji (Yale University) as an At-Large member to the Executive Committee and thanks Larry Samuelson (Yale University), whose term ends Dec. 31, 2021, for his service as At-Large member

Congratulations to our 2022 Officers and Council

The Econometric Society is pleased to announce the results of its 2021 election of Officers and Council. The following have been elected as officers:

Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University has been elected President for 2022. Rosa Matzkin, University of California Los Angeles, has been elected First Vice-President.…

Congratulations to our 2021 Fellows

The Society is pleased to announce the election of 51 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.

Jaap Abbring, Tilburg University

Chunrong Ai, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago

Simon Board, University of California, Los Angeles

Antonio Cabrales, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid

Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter Cramton, University of Cologne and University of Maryland (Emeritus)

Stefano Dellavigna, University of California, Berkeley

Prosper Dovonon, Concordia University, Montreal

Christian Dustmann, University…

2021 SUMMER MEETINGS AND SCHOOLS NEWS

ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY NEWS: 2021 SUMMER MEETINGS AND SCHOOLS 

As our second challenging summer comes to a close, we are proud to report that between May 25, 2021 and August 27, 2021, the Econometric Society hosted six virtual meetings (one of which was hybrid), and three virtual schools (two of which were hybrid), reaching five continents and more than 3,000 total participants. We are also…

Tribute to former President Hugo F. Sonnenschein by Andreu Mas-Colell

It is with sorrow and great respect that I announce the passing of former Econometric Society President Hugo F. Sonnenschein. A remembrance has been prepared by past president Andreu Mas-Colell and posted here and on the Econometric Society web site. 

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg President

Congratulations to the Organizers of the 2021 African Meetings of the Econometric Society

We want to congratulate the organizers of the 2021 African Meetings for arranging such a successful event, including hosting the Society’s first hybrid meeting. Thank you to our host institution, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée (ENSEA), Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire,…

2021 "Best Paper Prize" Awarded

We are pleased to announce the following paper has been awarded the 2021 "Best Paper Prize" by the award committee:

"Labor market sorting and health insurance system design" by Naoki Aizawa, Quantitative Economics, Volume 10, Issue 4 (November 2019).

The “Best Paper” prize alternates…