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.
The Tenth World Congress of the Econometric Society will take place in Shanghai, China, August 17-21, 2010. Papers presented at the Congress will represent a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied economics and econometrics. The invited program will consist of five named lectures, fifteen paired invited sessions, and three plenary policy sessions. Full details are available at the Congress website, http://www.eswc2010.com/ .
We are pleased to announce the election of 21 new Fellows of the Econometric Society. Of the 433 Fellows eligible to vote, 311 Fellows participated in the Fellow election.
The Executive Committee agreed to endorse EconJobMarket.org, a non-profit central repository for job market materials, in the understanding the Society will not be restricted from endorsing other international electronic job market platforms.
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We are pleased to announce the results of the 2008 Election of Officers and Council.
Bengt Holmström has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be First Vice-President in 2010, and President in 2011.
The following have been elected or reelected to the Council:
Europe and Other Areas
Orazio Attanasio, Jacques Cremer, Mathias Dewatripont, and Margaret Meyer.
Far East
Hidehiko Ichimura
Latin America
Cesar Martinelli
The Organization Committee of the 2010 World Congress of the Econometric Society, which will take place in Shanghai, August 17-21, has appointed Daron Acemoglu, Manuel Arellano, and Eddie Dekel as Program Chairs.
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.
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2007 Election of Officers and Council.
John H. Moore has been elected Second Vice-President, and will be First Vice-President in 2009, and President in 2010.
The following have been elected or reelected to the Council:
Europe and Other Areas
Christopher A. Pissarides
North America
Susan Athey, Paul Milgrom, and Stephen Morris