2020 Frisch Medal Awarded

The Econometric Society is pleased to announce that the 2020 Frisch Medal selection committee of Steven Berry (Chair), Marianne Bertrand, and Stephen Redding has awarded this year’s Frisch Medal of the Econometric Society to Kate Ho and Robin Lee for their paper, "Insurer Competition in Health Care Markets”, (Econometrica,…

3 Weeks Left to Register for the World Congress

ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY/BOCCONI UNIVERSITY VIRTUAL WORLD CONGRESS

August 17, 2020-August 21, 2020

REGISTRATION To register, please click here

Registration Dates: Presenter registration closed Sunday, June 7, 2020 Non-presenter registration deadline: Friday August 7, 2020

Non-Presenter Registration Fee, all categories: $10

Additional Information Additional information can be found at http://www.eswc2020.org.

For the live invited program, click here. To access the contributed session program,…

Virtual World Congress Registration is Now Open

The Econometric Society and Bocconi University 2020 Virtual World Congress Registration is Now Open  To register, please click here.  (If you do not already have a Conference Maker account, please follow the instructions after clicking on the link to create an account and then register.) 

Included in the registration fee: Password-protected access to all live sessions, including five plenary lectures, ten parallel invited sessions and five policy sessions;…

Announcing the Society's First Virtual World Congress in Partnership with Bocconi University

We are thrilled to announce, in partnership with Bocconi University, the first ever virtual World Congress. Over the past few weeks, the Econometric Society and Bocconi University have been working very hard to make the virtual version of the World Congress a success.  Of course, we were all excited to enjoy Bocconi…

The Society Postpones Implementation of Publication and Submission Fees

In view of the difficult circumstances surrounding COIVID 19 and the financial impact it has had on so many, the Executive Committee of the Society decided yesterday to postpone the collection of submission and publication fees until September 1, 2020.     

 

 

Econometric Society Announces a Gold Open Access Option for Econometrica

The Econometric Society has always been in favor of the broadest possible dissemination of academic research. As you know, Quantitative Economics and Theoretical Economics have been open access journals since their inception. The Executive Committee agreed at its last meeting to move Econometrica to a hybrid journal…

The Econometric Society Announces Submission and Publication Fees For Its Three Journals

The Executive Committee of the Econometric Society has approved two modest fees associated with the submission and publication of papers in its three journals: Econometrica, Quantitative Economics and Theoretical Economics. 

The following fees will be implemented beginning Friday, May 1, 2020 for all original papers submitted after this date: a submission fee of…

Update: No Plans to Postpone or Cancel World Congress

Because of the global challenges presented by COVID-19, many members have been  asking whether we plan to postpone or cancel this summer's World Congress in Milan  scheduled for August 17-August 21, 2020. Rest assured, we have no plans to postpone  or cancel at this time. We want to let you know that the World Congress…

RSC Election Outcomes, 2020

We are pleased to report the election of the following members to their respective Regional Standing Committees. There were 599 members who voted in 2019 for the 2020 RSC. 

North America 

Steve Berry

Europe and Other Areas 

Michele Tertilt

Jean-Charles Rochet

Latin America 

Matias Cattaneo

Cecilia Machado

Asia 

Yuichi…

In Rememberance of Franklin M. Fisher

The Society reports with great sadness the passing of Franklin M. Fisher who served as the Society's President in 1979. Franklin M. Fisher, by James M. Poterba and Michael D. Whinston http://news.mit.edu/2019/franklin-fisher-professor-emeritus-economics-dies-84-0508  

 

 

2020 At-Large Members Elected to the Executive Committee

I am pleased to announce that Hélène Rey (London Business School) and Larry Samuelson (Yale University) have been elected as At-large members representing the Council of the Econometric Society on the Executive Committee effective January 1st, 2020. They succeed Whitney Newey (MIT) and Rafael Repullo…

The Society Announces the 2019 Election Results of its Officers and Council

The Econometric Society is pleased to announce the results of the 2019 Election of Officers and Council.

Orazio Attanasio, Yale University, has been elected President.

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Yale University and the World Bank, has been elected First Vice-President. She will presumably become President in 2021.

Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University, has been elected Second Vice-President. He will presumably become First Vice-President…