2014 Econometric Society European Meeting Awards

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Submitted by sashi@econometr... on Thu, 2014-10-23 22:12
Monday, September 1, 2014

Congratulations to the winners of the ESEM Award 2014 at the 68th European Meeting of the Econometric Society.

In recognition of the two best papers in applied economics presented by young researchers.

Fanny Camara and Nicolas Dupuis for the paper
"Structural Estimation of Expert Strategic Bias: The Case of Movie Reviewers"

and

Kai-Uwe Müller for the paper
"Analyzing Economic Policies that Affect Supply and Demand: A Structural
Model of Productivity, Labor Supply and Rationing"

New Website

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Submitted by admin on Mon, 2014-08-11 10:54
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Welcome to the new website of the Econometric Society! 

Please note that the login for members is now your email address as username and previous password. If you have any trouble please contact sashi@econometricsociety.org .

To view full access of Econometric Society journals and monograph series, please login or join the Econometric Society now.

2014 Frisch Medal

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Submitted by admin on Sat, 2014-08-09 18:23
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

The Frisch Medal has been established by the Econometric Society to encourage the creation of good applied work and its submission to Econometrica. It is given every two years for an applied article (empirical or theoretical) published in Econometrica during the past five years.

2013 Election of Officers and Council

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Submitted by admin on Sat, 2014-08-09 18:23
Sunday, November 3, 2013

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2013 Election of Officers and Council.

Eddie Dekel, Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University, has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be Vice-President in 2015, and President in 2016.

Bernard Salanie has been elected as Executive Vice President from April 1, 2014.

The following have been elected to the Council:

North America:
Matthew O. Jackson, Whitney Newey, Robert Townsend

South and Southeast Asia:
Arunava Sen

2013 Nobel Prize

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Submitted by admin on Sat, 2014-08-09 18:23
Monday, October 14, 2013

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013 was awarded jointly to Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller "for their empirical analysis of asset prices". Fama was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1973, Hansen was elected Fellow in 1984 and was President in 2007, and Shiller was elected Fellow in 1980.

2015 World Congress

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Submitted by admin on Sat, 2014-08-09 18:23
Sunday, September 1, 2013

The 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society will be held at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal in Montreal, Canada from 15th to 21st August 2015. It is hosted by McGill University in association with the Université de Montréal, UQAM, HEC Montreál, Concordia University, CIREQ and CIRANO.

Outcome of Special Ballot on Incorporation of the Society

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Submitted by admin on Sat, 2014-08-09 18:23
Saturday, December 1, 2012

The 2012 ballot of the Econometric Society included a special ballot of the Fellows on the incorporation of the Econometric Society (see here for background note).
 
The result of the special ballot is as follows.  272 Fellows voted in the special ballot, with 244 voting in favor (89.7%), 7 against (2.6%) and 21 abstaining (7.7%).  Therefore, the proposal is carried with the required 2/3 majority.

2012 Election of Officers and Council

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Submitted by admin on Sat, 2014-08-09 18:23
Monday, November 19, 2012

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2012 Election of Officers and Council.

Robert Porter, Northwestern University, has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be Vice-President in 2014, and President in 2015.

The following have been elected or reelected to the Council:

Australasia:
Andrew McLennan, Adrian Pagan


Europe and Other Areas:
Jordi Gali, Philippe Jehiel, Jean-Marc Robin


Far East:
Hongbin Cai, Hidehiko Ichimura, Akihiko Matsui


Latin America:
Marilda Sotomayor