April 8, 2016
2016 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics
The Society warmly congratulates Richard Blundell, Fellow and 2006 President of the Econometric Society, for receiving the 2016 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics for his contributions to labor economics, public finance and applied econometrics. http://www.nemmers.northwestern.edu/prizes/2016blundell.htmlMarch 24, 2016
University of Macedonia: Short Course in Economics (SCE)
The University of Macedonia organizes a Summer School entitled “4th Short Course: Dynamic Programming – Theory, Computation and Empirical Applications”. The main objective of the event is to provide advanced training for young researchers on important aspects of economics and econometrics.…January 4, 2016
Results of the Regional Standing Committee Elections
We are pleased to announce the results of the Regional Standing Committee elections. Congratulations to the newly elected voting members! Africa Habiba Djebbari, Aix-Marseille University Steven Koch, University of Pretoria Asia Yeon-Koo Che, Columbia University Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton…December 22, 2015
Call for Papers GAMES 2016, Fifth Congress of the Game Theory Society
Submission for GAMES 2016, the Fifth Congress of the Game Theory Society, is now open, and closes on February 15, 2016. The Congress takes place Sunday-Thursday 24-28 July, 2016 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. You can submit a paper (including an abstract of up to 150 words), and revise it until submission…December 5, 2015
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…December 1, 2015
2015 Election of At-Large Members of the Executive Committee
We are pleased to announce that Stephen Morris (Princeton University) and Rafael Repullo (CEMFI) have been elected At-Large Members of the Executive Committee for 2016-2019. Hide Ichimura and Larry Samuelson's terms on the Executive Committee are ending on December 31. The Society expresses its…November 20, 2015
In Memoriam: Herbert E. Scarf
Herbert E. Scarf, President of the Econometric Society in 1983 and a Fellow since 1962. Herbert E. Scarf by Eddie Dekel, Econometric Society First Vice-President Herbert Scarf, an Economist’s Mathematician, Dies at 85 by Sam Roberts in The New York Times, Business Day, November…November 9, 2015
2015 Election of Officers and Council
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2015 Election of Officers and Council. Eddie Dekel, Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University, has been elected President. Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University, has been elected First Vice-President. Tim Besley, London School of Economics, has…November 4, 2015
2015 Election of Second Vice-President
Congratulations to Tim Besley, London School of Economics and Political Science, who has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be Vice-President in 2017, and President in 2018.November 4, 2015
2015 Election of Fellows
We are pleased to announce the election of 13 new Fellows of the Econometric Society. George-Marios Angeletos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pol Antras, Harvard University Patrick Bajari, University of Washington, Seattle C. Lanier Benkard, Stanford University Harold Cole, University of…November 3, 2015
Yair Mundlak
The Economics profession lost one of its most significant and distinguished intellectual leaders with the passing of Yair Mundlak. Yair was a friend and valued colleague to everyone in the profession and his work established many of the foundations of modern econometric research. He will…October 26, 2015