Fisher-Schultz Lecture
The Fisher-Schultz Lecture is an annual lecture given by a non-European member at the European meeting or, in World Congress years, at the World Congress. The lecturer is chosen by the meeting program chairs. To see a list of past program chairs, please click here and go to the region's Aide Memoire appendix.
2024: Samuel Kortum, Yale University, "Regional Carbon Policy in a Global Economy"
2023: Whitney Newey, MIT, "Linear Estimation of Structural and Causal Effects for Nonseparable Panel Data"
2022: Costas Meghir, Yale University, "Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations"
2021: Kate Ho, Princeton University, "Contracting over Rebates: Formulary Design and Pharmaceutical Spending"
2020: Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Generic Machine Learning for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Randomized Experiments--and Other Use of Machine Learning Tools by Experimentalists"
2019: Victor Chernozhukov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Automatic Debiased Machine Learning of Causal and Structural Effects, Vol. 90, No. 3, 967-1027
2018: Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University
On the Informativeness of Descriptive Statistics for Structural Estimates, Vol. 88, No. 6, 2231-2258
2017: Janet Currie, Princeton University
Understanding Doctor Decision Making: The Case of Depression Treatment, Vol. 88, No. 3, 847-878
2016: Mark Watson, Princeton University
Long-Run Covariability, Vol. 86, No. 3, 775-804
2015: Darrell Duffie, Stanford University
2014: Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Money and Credit Redux, Vol. 84, No. 1, 1-32
2013: Larry Samuelson, Yale University
Investment and Competitive Matching, Vol. 83, No. 3, 835-896
2012: Dirk Bergemann and Stephen Morris, Yale University and Princeton University
Robust Predictions in Games With Incomplete Information, Vol. 81, No. 4, 1251 - 1308
2011: Susan Athey, Harvard University
2010: Drew Fudenberg and David K. Levine, Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis
Timing and Self‐Control, Vol. 80, No. 1, 1 - 42
2009: Faruk Gul, Princeton University
Expected Uncertain Utility Theory, Vol. 82, No. 1, 1 - 39
2008: Joel Horowitz, Northwestern University
Applied Nonparametric Instrumental Variables Estimation, Vol. 79, No. 2, 347 - 394
2007: Matthew Jackson, Stanford University
An Economic Model of Friendship: Homophily, Minorities, and Segregation, Vol. 77, No. 4, 1003-1045
2006: Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Dynamic Valuation Decomposition Within Stochastic Economies, Vol. 80, No. 3, 911 - 967
2005: Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
Alternative Models for Moment Inequalities, Vol. 78, No. 6, 1783 - 1822
2004: Paul Milgrom, Stanford University
Package Auctions and Exchanges, Vol. 75, No. 4, 935 - 965
2003: Charles Manski, Northwestern University
Measuring Expectations, Vol. 72, No. 5, 1329-1376
2002: Douglas Gale, New York University
2001: Gary Chamberlain, Harvard University
Decision Theory Applied to an Instrumental Variables Model, Vol. 75, No. 3, 609 - 652
2000: James Heckman, University of Chicago
Structural Equations, Treatment Effects, and Econometric Policy Evaluation, Vol. 73, No. 3, 669 - 738
1999: Alvin E. Roth, Harvard University
The Economist as Engineer: Game Theory, Experimentation, and Computation as Tools for Design Economics, Vol. 70, No. 4, 1341-1378
1998: David Card, University of California, Berkeley
Estimating the Return to Schooling: Progress on Some Persistent Econometric Problems,Vol. 69, No. 5, 1127-1160
1997: Bengt Holmstrom, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996: Robert F. Engle, III, University of California, San Diego
The Econometrics of Ultra‐high‐frequency Data, Vol. 68, No. 1, 1-22
1995: George Akerlof, University of California, Berkeley
Social Distance and Social Decisions, Vol. 65, No. 5, 1005-1027
1994: Peter C. B. Phillips, Yale University
Econometric Model Determination, Vol. 64, No. 4, 763-812
1993: Clive Granger, University of California San Diego
Modelling Nonlinear Relationships between Extended-Memory Variables, Vol. 63, No. 2, 265-279
1992: Robert Porter, Northwestern University
The Role of Information in U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auction, Vol. 63, No. 1, 1-27
1991: Robert Lucas, University of Chicago
Making a Miracle, Vol. 61, No. 2, 251-272
1990: David Kreps, Stanford University
1989: Angus Deaton, Princeton University
Saving and Liquidity Constraints, Vol. 59, No. 5, 1221-1248
1988: Oliver Hart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1987: Joseph Stiglitz, Princeton University
1986: Robert Wilson, Stanford University
Efficient and Competitive Rationing, Vol. 57, No. 1, 1-40
1985: Andreu Mas-Colell, Harvard University
1984: Hugo Sonnenschein, Princeton University
1983: Arnold Zellner, University of Chicago
Bayesian Econometrics, Vol. 53, No. 2, 253-269
1982: Jerry Hausman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Econometrics of Nonlinear Budget Sets, Vol. 53, No. 6, 1255-1282
1981: Peter Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Money in Search Equilibrium, Vol. 52, No. 1, 1-20
1980: Martin Feldstein, Harvard University
Inflation, Tax Rules and Investment: Some Econometric Evidence, Vol. 50, No. 4, 825-862
1979: Daniel McFadden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1978: Herbert Scarf, Yale University
Production Sets with Indivisibilities, Part I: Generalities, Vol. 49, No. 1, 1-32
1977: Christopher Sims, University of Minnesota
Macroeconomics and Reality, Vol. 48, No. 1, 1-48
1976: John Chipman, University of Minnesota
1975: Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University
1974: Lionel McKenzie, University of Rochester
Turnpike Theory, Vol. 44, No. 5, 841-865
1973: Zvi Griliches, Harvard University
Errors in Variables and Other Unobservables, Vol. 42, No. 6, 971-998
1972: Roy Radner, University of California, Berkeley
1971: A. Goldberger, University of Wisconsin
Structural Equation Methods in the Social Sciences, Vol. 40, No. 6, 979-1001
1970: Marc Nerlove, University of Chicago
Lags in Economic Behavior, Vol. 40, No. 2, 221-251
1969: Gerard Debreu, University of California Berkeley
Economies with a Finite Set of Equilibria, Vol. 38, No. 3, 387-392
1968: Franklin Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Existence of Aggregate Production Functions, Vol. 37, No. 4, 553-577
1967: Lawrence Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Estimation of Interdependent Systems in Macroeconometrics, Vol. 37, No. 2, 171-192
1966: T.C. Koopmans, Yale University
Objectives, Constraints, and Outcomes in Optimal Growth Models, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1-15
