November 19, 2012
2012 Election of Fellows
We are pleased to announce the election of 22 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.David Austen-Smith, Northwestern University
Alberto Bisin, New York University
Raj Chetty, Harvard University
Liran Einav, Stanford University
Eduardo Engel, Universidad de Chile
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jacob Goeree, University of Zurich
Christian Gollier, Toulouse…
July 15, 2012
Governance Committee Report
Following consultation with the Fellows, the Governance Committee agreed a Report that will be considered by the Executive Committee at its meeting of August 26-27, 2012.The final version of the proposals will be put to a vote: as stated in the Constitution, any change in governance must be approved by the Council and…June 30, 2012
2012 Frisch Medal Award
First awarded in 1978, the Frisch Medal is presented biennially for the best applied (empirical or theoretical) paper published in Econometrica during the previous five years. The purpose of the Frisch Medal is to encourage the submission to Econometrica of high quality empirical and applied work. The President appoints a committee…February 2, 2012
Governance Committee
Following consultation with the Executive Committee, the 2011 President, Bengt Holmström, decided to set up a Governance Committee to review all aspects of the governance of the Society. The Committee is chaired by Oliver Hart (Harvard University), and the members are Tim Besley (London School of…November 17, 2011
2011 Election of Fellows
We are pleased to announce the election of 16 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.James Andreoni, University of California, San Diego
Pierpaolo Battigalli, Universita Bocconi
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University
Hongbin Cai, Peking University
Soo Hong Chew, National University of Singapore and HKUST
Xavier Gabaix, New York University
Johannes…
November 17, 2011
2011 Election of Officers and Council
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2011 Election of Officers and Council.Manuel Arellano, CEMFI, has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be Vice-President in 2013, and President in 2014.
Rafael Repullo, CEMFI, will be Executive Vice-President until June 30, 2012. Hyun Song Shin, Princeton University, will be Executive Vice-President beginning July 1, 2012.
The following have…
October 17, 2011
2015 World Congress
The next World Congress of the Econometric Society will take place in the summer of 2015 at a location to be decided by the Executive Committee in August 2012. Expressions of interest by potential local organizers are being solicited. The proposed venue should have a large auditorium for the plenary…October 10, 2011
2011 Nobel Prize
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy." Sargent was elected Fellow in 1976 and was President in 2005, and Sims was elected Fellow in 1974 and was President in 1995.November 22, 2010
2010 Election of Fellows
We are pleased to announce the election of 16 new Fellows of the Econometric Society. Of the 456 Fellows eligible to vote, 343 Fellows participated in the Fellow election.Franklin Allen, University of Pennsylvania
Bruno Biais, Toulouse School of Economics
Peter Bossaerts, California Institute of Technology
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Parkash Chander, National University of…
November 22, 2010
2010 Election of Officers and Council
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Election of Officers and Council.James Heckman has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be First Vice-President in 2012, and President in 2013.
The following have been elected or reelected to the Council:
Europe and Other Areas
Martin Browning (Oxford University)
Costas Meghir…
July 14, 2010
2010 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 for 2010 (Richard…
December 8, 2009
