2015 Nobel Prize in Economics

The Society proudly congratulates Angus Deaton for receiving the 2015 Nobel Prize for his pathbreaking work on consumption, poverty, and welfare. Deaton is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a former Editor of Econometrica; he was the first recipient of the Frisch medal .

Harris Schlesinger

Harris Schlesinger died September 29, 2015 at age 63. Harris was Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Alabama and he held the Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He began his academic career…

2015 World Congress Presentation Slides

The presentation slides for the 2015 World Congress Invited Lectures are now posted at https://www.econometricsociety.org/content/2015-world-congress-invited-lectures .

Che-Lin Su

It is with great sadness that we write this news.  After a brief battle with an aggressive cancer, Che-Lin Su succumbed on Friday surrounded by his family.  Che-Lin was an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  He…

Stephen A. Ross Prize in Financial Economics

The Society warmly congratulates Darrell Duffie, Jun Pan and Ken Singleton for obtaining the 4th Stephen A. Ross Prize for their 2000 Econometrica article, "Transform Analysis and Asset Pricing for Affine Jump-Diffusions".

John F. Nash, Jr.

John F. Nash, Jr. was killed in a car accident on May 24, 2015. A Fellow of the Society, he shared the 1994 Nobel Prize with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten for their pioneering analysis of game theory. He also shared the 2015 Abel Prize with Louis Nirenberg for his contributions in the field of partial…

ES World Congress 2015 Registration Open

Register for the 2015 Econometric Society World Congress now. For registration details please visit the Congress website at http://www.eswc2015.com or see registration details here.

Edmond Malinvaud: A Tribute to his Contributions in Econometrics

Edmond Malinvaud: A Tribute to his Contributions in Econometrics by Peter C. B. Phillips, Yale University, University of Auckland, University of Southampton, Singapore Management University, April 23, 2015

Nomination for Fellow of the Econometric Society

Please be reminded that the deadline to complete an online nomination for Fellow of the Econometric Society, including endorsements is May 31, 2015. Any member can propose a candidate by filling in a nomination form and inviting endorsements.  For instructions, please visit https://www.econometricsociety.org/society/organization-and-governance/fellows/nomination-candidate-fellow…

Roger Guesnerie's tribute to Edmond Malinvaud

You will find here a eulogy of Edmond Malinvaud contributed by Roger Guesnerie.

In Memoriam: Edmond Malinvaud

Edmond Malinvaud, President of the Econometric Society in 1963 and a Fellow since 1955. /uploads/inmemoriam/Malinvaud.pdf

2015 Abel Prize

The Society warmly congratulates John Nash, Jr., Econometric Society Fellow and a 1994 Nobel Prize winner, for receiving the 2015 Abel Prize for his contributions in the field of partial differential equations.