2016 Best Paper Prizes

The Econometric Society congratulates the 2016 winners of the "Best Paper Prize" for its two journals Quantitative Economics and Theoretical Economics.  These awards highlight the best paper published in each of the journals in the areas of theoretical and empirical quantitative economics and economic…

2017 Yrjö Jahnsson Award

The Society warmly congratulates its Theoretical Economics editor Ran Spiegler, who was awarded the 2017 Yrjö Jahnsson award along with Michèle Tertilt. https://www.eeassoc.org/index.php?site=&page=25&trsz=23 .

Kenneth Arrow, 1921-2017

The Society reports with great sadness the passing of Ken Arrow, Nobel Prize winner in 1972, who served as its President in 1956.

Kenneth Arrow (1921-2017), by Drew Fudenberg, 2017 President, Econometric Society

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/business/economy/kenneth-arrow-dead-nobel-laureate-in-economics.html?_r=0

2020 World Congress

Call for Expressions of Interest

The next World Congress of the Econometric Society will take place in August 2020 at a location to be decided by the Executive Committee in August 2017. Expressions of interest by potential local organizers are being solicited.

The World Congress is traditionally held mid-late August for 5 days,…

In Memoriam: Anthony B. Atkinson

The Society is sad to report the passing of Anthony Atkinson, who served as its President in 1988. 

Anthony Atkinson (1944-2017), by Richard Blundell, President of the Econometric Society in 2006 and Ian Preston, University College London. 

Sir Tony Atkinson, economist and campaigner; 1944-2017, The…

2016 Election of At-Large Members of the Executive Committee

We are pleased to announce that Penny Koujianou-Goldberg (Yale University) and Whitney Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have been elected At-Large members of the Executive Committee.

The Society expresses its gratitude to Matthew Jackson, Itzhak Gilboa and Arunava Sen for their service.

In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

Thomas C. Schelling, Fellow of the Econometric Society and Nobel prizewinner in 2005.

Thomas C. Schelling, Master Theorist of Nuclear Strategy, Dies at 95, by William Grimes, The New York Times, December 13, 2016

Voting open for Regional Standing Committee elections

Elections for voting members of the Regional Standing Committees are now open.  Participating in these elections allow you to have a voice in the governance of the Society in your Region, where most of our activities take place.

  The list of candidates equals twice the number of vacancies in each region. Candidates for these slots are…

Austrian Presidential Election

The Society congratulates Econometrica author Alexander van der Bellen https://www.econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/1979/11/01/synopses-theory-choice  on his election as President of Austria.

2016 Election of Fellows

We are pleased to announce the election of 16 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.

Alberto Abadie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science Jean-Pierre Benoit, London Business School Raquel Fernandez, New York University Rachel Griffith,…

2016 Election of Officers and Council

 

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2016 Election of Officers and Council.

Drew Fudenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been elected President.

Timothy Besley, London School of Economics, has been elected First Vice-President.

Stephen Morris, Princeton University, has been elected Second Vice-President. He will be First Vice-President in 2018,…

2016 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The Society proudly congratulates Oliver Hart (Econometric Society Fellow and Council member 1983-89; 1994-98), and its 73rd President, Bengt Holmström, for receiving the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on contracts. Bengt Holmström was the Fisher-Schultz Lecturer in 1997 and Oliver Hart in 1988.

Oliver…