2017 Yrjö Jahnsson Award
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
The Society warmly congratulates its Theoretical Economics editor Ran Spiegler, who was awarded the 2017 Yrjö Jahnsson award along with Michèle Tertilt.
Kenneth Arrow, 1921-2017
Thursday, February 23, 2017
The Society reports with great sadness the passing of Ken Arrow, Nobel Prize winner in 1972, who served as its President in 1956.
Kenneth Arrow (1921-2017), by Drew Fudenberg, 2017 President, Econometric Society
2020 World Congress
Monday, February 6, 2017
Call for Expressions of Interest
The next World Congress of the Econometric Society will take place in August 2020 at a location to be decided by the Executive Committee in August 2017. Expressions of interest by potential local organizers are being solicited.
The World Congress is traditionally held mid-late August for 5 days, Monday through Friday, and includes a program of invited and contributed sessions, plenary lectures and social events.
In Memoriam: Anthony B. Atkinson
Monday, January 2, 2017
The Society is sad to report the passing of Anthony Atkinson, who served as its President in 1988.
Anthony Atkinson (1944-2017), by Richard Blundell, President of the Econometric Society in 2006 and Ian Preston, University College London.
Sir Tony Atkinson, economist and campaigner; 1944-2017, The Financial Times, January 2, 2017.
2016 Election of At-Large Members of the Executive Committee
Saturday, December 31, 2016
We are pleased to announce that Penny Koujianou-Goldberg (Yale University) and Whitney Newey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have been elected At-Large members of the Executive Committee.
The Society expresses its gratitude to Matthew Jackson, Itzhak Gilboa and Arunava Sen for their service.
In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Thomas C. Schelling, Fellow of the Econometric Society and Nobel prizewinner in 2005.
Thomas C. Schelling, Master Theorist of Nuclear Strategy, Dies at 95, by William Grimes, The New York Times, December 13, 2016
Voting open for Regional Standing Committee elections
Friday, December 9, 2016
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 region. Candidates for these slots are Fellows or members from the region, or Fellows from another region with a secondary affiliation to the region.
The voting procedure is rank-order. More detailed instructions are included on the voting page.
Austrian Presidential Election
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
The Society congratulates Econometrica author Alexander van der Bellen
https://www.econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/1979/11/01/synopses-theory-choice
on his election as President of Austria.
2016 Election of Fellows
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
We are pleased to announce the election of 16 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.
2016 Election of Officers and Council
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2016 Election of Officers and Council.
Drew Fudenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been elected President.
Timothy Besley, London School of Economics, has been elected First Vice-President.
Stephen Morris, Princeton University, has been elected Second Vice-President. He will be First Vice-President in 2018, and President in 2019.
Bernard Salanié, Columbia University, has been elected Executive Vice-President.
The following have been elected to the Council.