John F. Nash, Jr. was killed in a car accident on May 24, 2015. A Fellow of the Society, he shared the 1994 Nobel Prize with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten for their pioneering analysis of game theory. He also shared the 2015 Abel Prize with Louis Nirenberg for his contributions in the field of partial differential equations.
Econometrica published two of his foundational papers:
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Edmond Malinvaud: A Tribute to his Contributions in Econometrics by Peter C. B. Phillips, Yale University, University of Auckland, University of Southampton, Singapore Management University, April 23, 2015
Please be reminded that the deadline to complete an online nomination for Fellow of the Econometric Society, including endorsements is May 31, 2015.
Any member can propose a candidate by filling in a nomination form and inviting endorsements. For instructions, please visit https://www.econometricsociety.org/society/organization-and-governance/fellows/nomination-candidate-fellow .
You will find here a eulogy of Edmond Malinvaud contributed by Roger Guesnerie.
Edmond Malinvaud, President of the Econometric Society in 1963 and a Fellow since 1955.
https://www.econometricsociety.org/sites/default/files/inmemoriam/Malinvaud.pdf
The Society warmly congratulates John Nash, Jr., Econometric Society Fellow and a 1994 Nobel Prize winner, for receiving the 2015 Abel Prize for his contributions in the field of partial differential equations.
I would like to inform everyone about some further upcoming changes and our editorial board.
As many of you know, I will be stepping down at the end of June, and Joel Sobel will be the next Editor of Econometrica. Lars Hansen will also be stepping down as Co-Editor at the end of June.
Andy MacLennan (University of Queensland, Australia) was elected by the members of the Council to succeed Margaret Meyer (Oxford University, UK) as an At-Large Member of the Executive Committee. We thank Margaret Meyer for her service and we welcome Andy MacLennan to the Executive Committee.
We are pleased to report the results of the first elections of voting members of the Regional Standing Committees of the Econometric Society.
The newly elected members are:
Africa:
Elyes Jouini (Université Paris-Dauphine)
Australasia:
Simon Grant (University of Queensland)
Kevin Fox (University of New South Wales)
Europe and Other Areas:
Orazio Attanasio (University College London)
Barbara Rossi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)