The Society proudly congratulates Oliver Hart (Econometric Society Fellow and Council member 1983-89; 1994-98), and its 73rd President, Bengt Holmström, for receiving the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on contracts. Bengt Holmström was the Fisher-Schultz Lecturer in 1997 and Oliver Hart in 1988.
Oliver Hart
The Econometric Society adopted a "Best Paper Prize" this year for its two journals Quantitative Economics and Theoretical Economics. These awards highlight the best paper published in each of the journals in the areas of theoretical and empirical quantitative economics and economic theory. Winners are selected by the journals' editors and co-editors.
We are pleased to announce the following papers have been awarded the 2015 "Best Paper Prize":
The editors of TE and QE, George Mailath and Rosa Matzkin, are completing their terms on June 30, 2017. The society in general, and I in particular, are grateful to them for all the wonderful work they've done for these journals, the society and the profession.
While it is sad to see George and Rosa leave the editorship of TE and QE, we are delighted that Rani Spiegler and Chris Taber have agreed to become the new editors; we are excited to see them take the helm and lead these journals forward.
Sincerely,
Eddie Dekel
President, Econometric Society
The selection committee for 2016 (Costas Meghir, chair; Elhanan Helpman, and Alessandro Lizzeri) awarded the Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society to Benjamin Handel, Igal Hendel and Michael Whinston for their article, "Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection versus Reclassification Risk", Econometrica, 83(4), July 2015, 1261-1313.
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.html
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. The Course will take place in (Thessaloniki, Greece) from July 4th till July 8th, 2016.
Visit http://sce2016.uom.gr/ for more details.
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 University
Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University
Australasia
Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne
Flavio Menezes, University of Queensland
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 closes, after registering free of charge with the EasyChair conference system, as described in the submission instructions. Each participant can submit only one paper.
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 could be 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.
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 gratitude to them for their service.