In Memoriam: Herbert E. Scarf
Friday, November 20, 2015
Herbert E. Scarf, President of the Econometric Society in 1983 and a Fellow since 1962.
2015 Election of Officers and Council
Monday, November 9, 2015
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2015 Election of Officers and Council.
Eddie Dekel, Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University, has been elected President.
Drew Fudenberg, Harvard University, has been elected First Vice-President.
Tim Besley, London School of Economics, has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be Vice-President in 2017, and President in 2018.
Bernard Salanié, Columbia University, has been elected Executive Vice-President.
The following have been elected to the Council.
2015 Election of Second Vice-President
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Congratulations to Tim Besley, London School of Economics and Political Science, who has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be Vice-President in 2017, and President in 2018.
2015 Election of Fellows
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
We are pleased to announce the election of 13 new Fellows of the Econometric Society.
Yair Mundlak
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
The Economics profession lost one of its most significant and distinguished intellectual leaders with the passing of Yair Mundlak. Yair was a friend and valued colleague to everyone in the profession and his work established many of the foundations of modern econometric research. He will be remembered not only for his intellectual contributions but also for his kindness and the welcoming personality that he extended to everyone. He taught legions of professionals and his work touched all scholars of economics.
Regional Standing Committee Nominations
Monday, October 26, 2015
Nominations for the Regional Standing Committee elections close on November 15. To nominate a candidate please go to https://econometricsociety.org/esballot/regional-nomination/ .
2015 Nobel Prize in Economics
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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
Monday, October 19, 2015
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 as Assistant Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University. He then became Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois before taking his current position at the University of Alabama.
2015 World Congress Presentation Slides
Thursday, October 8, 2015
The presentation slides for the 2015 World Congress Invited Lectures are now posted at https://www.econometricsociety.org/content/2015-world-congress-invited-l... .
Che-Lin Su
Monday, August 3, 2015
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 was a large part of the Institute for Computational Economics over the last 8 years and was a pioneer in using constrained optimization for structural estimation.