Fisher-Schultz Lecture

The Fisher-Schultz Lecture is an annual lecture given by a non-European member at the European meeting or, in World Congress years, at the World Congress. The lecturer is chosen by the meeting program chairs. To see a list of past program chairs, please click here and go to the region's Aide Memoire appendix. 

2022Costas Meghir, Yale University, Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations

2021Kate Ho, Princeton University, Contracting over Rebates: Formulary Design and Pharmaceutical Spending

2020: Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Generic Machine Learning for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Randomized  Experiments--and Other Use of Machine Learning Tools by Experimentalists

2019: Victor Chernozhukov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Automatic Debiased Machine Learning of Causal and Structural Effects, Vol. 90, No. 3, 967-1027

2018: Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University
On the Informativeness of Descriptive Statistics for Structural Estimates, Vol. 88, No. 6, 2231-2258

2017: Janet Currie, Princeton University
Understanding Doctor Decision Making: The Case of Depression Treatment, Vol. 88, No. 3, 847-878

2016: Mark Watson, Princeton University
Long-Run Covariability, Vol. 86, No. 3, 775-804

2015: Darrell Duffie, Stanford University

2014: Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Money and Credit Redux, Vol. 84, No. 1, 1-32

2013: Larry Samuelson, Yale University
Investment and Competitive Matching, Vol. 83, No. 3, 835-896

2012: Dirk Bergemann and Stephen Morris, Yale University and Princeton University
Robust Predictions in Games With Incomplete Information, Vol. 81, No. 4, 1251 - 1308

2011: Susan Athey, Harvard University

2010: Drew Fudenberg and David K. Levine, Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis
Timing and Self‐Control, Vol. 80, No. 1, 1 - 42

2009: Faruk Gul, Princeton University
Expected Uncertain Utility Theory, Vol. 82, No. 1, 1 - 39

2008: Joel Horowitz, Northwestern University
Applied Nonparametric Instrumental Variables Estimation, Vol. 79, No. 2, 347 - 394

2007: Matthew Jackson, Stanford University
An Economic Model of Friendship: Homophily, Minorities, and Segregation, Vol. 77, No. 4, 1003-1045

2006: Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Dynamic Valuation Decomposition Within Stochastic Economies, Vol. 80, No. 3, 911 - 967

2005: Ariel Pakes, Harvard University
Alternative Models for Moment Inequalities, Vol. 78, No. 6, 1783 - 1822

2004: Paul Milgrom, Stanford University
Package Auctions and Exchanges, Vol. 75, No. 4, 935 - 965

2003: Charles Manski, Northwestern University
Measuring Expectations, Vol. 72, No. 5, 1329-1376

2002: Douglas Gale, New York University

2001: Gary Chamberlain, Harvard University
Decision Theory Applied to an Instrumental Variables Model, Vol. 75, No. 3, 609 - 652

2000: James Heckman, University of Chicago
Structural Equations, Treatment Effects, and Econometric Policy Evaluation, Vol. 73, No. 3, 669 - 738

1999: Alvin E. Roth, Harvard University
The Economist as Engineer: Game Theory, Experimentation, and Computation as Tools for Design Economics, Vol. 70, No. 4, 1341-1378

1998: David Card, University of California, Berkeley
Estimating the Return to Schooling: Progress on Some Persistent Econometric Problems,Vol. 69, No. 5, 1127-1160

1997: Bengt Holmstrom, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1996: Robert F. Engle, III, University of California, San Diego
The Econometrics of Ultra‐high‐frequency Data, Vol. 68, No. 1, 1-22

1995: George Akerlof, University of California, Berkeley
Social Distance and Social Decisions, Vol. 65, No. 5, 1005-1027

1994: Peter C. B. Phillips, Yale University
Econometric Model Determination, Vol. 64, No. 4, 763-812

1993: Clive Granger, University of California San Diego
Modelling Nonlinear Relationships between Extended-Memory Variables, Vol. 63, No. 2, 265-279

1992: Robert Porter, Northwestern University
The Role of Information in U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auction, Vol. 63, No. 1, 1-27

1991: Robert Lucas, University of Chicago
Making a Miracle, Vol. 61, No. 2, 251-272

1990: David Kreps, Stanford University

1989: Angus Deaton, Princeton University
Saving and Liquidity Constraints, Vol. 59, No. 5, 1221-1248

1988: Oliver Hart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1987: Joseph Stiglitz, Princeton University

1986: Robert Wilson, Stanford University
Efficient and Competitive Rationing, Vol. 57, No. 1, 1-40

1985: Andreu Mas-Colell, Harvard University

1984: Hugo Sonnenschein, Princeton University

1983: Arnold Zellner, University of Chicago
Bayesian Econometrics, Vol. 53, No. 2, 253-269

1982: Jerry Hausman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Econometrics of Nonlinear Budget Sets, Vol. 53, No. 6, 1255-1282

1981: Peter Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Money in Search Equilibrium, Vol. 52, No. 1, 1-20

1980: Martin Feldstein, Harvard University
Inflation, Tax Rules and Investment: Some Econometric Evidence, Vol. 50, No. 4, 825-862

1979: Daniel McFadden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1978: Herbert Scarf, Yale University
Production Sets with Indivisibilities, Part I: Generalities, Vol. 49, No. 1, 1-32

1977: Christopher Sims, University of Minnesota
Macroeconomics and Reality, Vol. 48, No. 1, 1-48

1976: John Chipman, University of Minnesota

1975: Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University

1974: Lionel McKenzie, University of Rochester
Turnpike Theory, Vol. 44, No. 5, 841-865

1973: Zvi Griliches, Harvard University
Errors in Variables and Other Unobservables, Vol. 42, No. 6, 971-998

1972: Roy Radner, University of California, Berkeley

1971: A. Goldberger, University of Wisconsin
Structural Equation Methods in the Social Sciences, Vol. 40, No. 6, 979-1001

1970: Marc Nerlove, University of Chicago
Lags in Economic Behavior, Vol. 40, No. 2, 221-251

1969: Gerard Debreu, University of California Berkeley
Economies with a Finite Set of Equilibria, Vol. 38, No. 3, 387-392

1968: Franklin Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Existence of Aggregate Production Functions, Vol. 37, No. 4, 553-577

1967: Lawrence Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Estimation of Interdependent Systems in Macroeconometrics, Vol. 37, No. 2, 171-192

1966: T.C. Koopmans, Yale University
Objectives, Constraints, and Outcomes in Optimal Growth Models, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1-15