2010 World Congress Program Chairs

The Organization Committee of the 2010 World Congress of the Econometric Society, which will take place in Shanghai, August 17-21, has appointed Daron Acemoglu, Manuel Arellano, and Eddie Dekel as Program Chairs.

2008 Frisch Medal Award

The Frisch Medal has been established by the Econometric Society to encourage the creation of good applied work and its submission to Econometrica. It is given every two years for an applied article (empirical or theoretical) published in Econometrica during the past five years. The selection committee…

2007 Election of Officers and Council

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2007 Election of Officers and Council. John H. Moore has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be First Vice-President in 2009, and President in 2010. The following have been elected or reelected to the Council: Europe and Other AreasChristopher…

2007 Election of Fellows

We are pleased to announce the election of 16 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.  Of the 433 Fellows eligible to vote 305 Fellows participated in the Fellows election. Fernando AlvarezDepartment of EconomicsUniversity of Chicago1126 East 59th StreetChicago, Illinois  60636USA Lawrence…

2010 World Congress Venue

The Executive Committee of the Econometric Society has considered the proposals to host the 2010 World Congress presented by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in cooperation with Fudan University and China Europe International Business School, the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)…

2007 Nobel Prize

The 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin, and  Roger Myerson. Hurwicz was elected Fellow in 1947 and was President in 1969, Maskin was elected Fellow in 1981 and was President in 2003, and Myerson was elected Fellow in 1983 and will be President in 2009.

Monograph Series Online

We are very pleased to announce that free online access to the Econometric Society's Monograph Series (including the World Congress volumes) is now available for all members.Log on with your username and password. Then simply click on the link "Monograph Series Online" in the left-hand column or go to…

2010 World Congress

The next World Congress of the Econometric Society will take place in August 2010 at a location to be decided by the Executive Committee this summer. Expressions of interest by potential local organizers are being solicited. The proposed venue should have one large auditorium for the plenary lectures,…

2006 Election of Fellows

We are pleased to announce the election of 5 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.  Of the 447 Fellows eligible to vote, 325 Fellows participated in the Fellows election. Per Krusell Department of Economics Princeton University 111 Fisher Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 USA Andrew McLennan The…

2006 Election of Officers and Council

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2006 Officers and Council Election. Roger Myerson has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be First Vice-President in 2008, and President in 2009. The following have been elected or reelected to the Council: AustralasiaTrevor Breusch and Adrian Pagan Europe…