Econometric Society
Academic society of economists which publishes journals
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursAs of 2014, there are about 700 elected fellows of the Econometric Society, making it one of the most prevalent research affiliations. New fellows are elected each year by the current fellows. The Econometric Society is made up of six regions worldwide.
History
The Econometric Society was founded on December 29, 1930, at the Statler Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. This meeting location was chosen because at the time there was also a meeting by the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the same location.
The sixteen-person founding meeting was chaired by Joseph Schumpeter. The sixteen founding members were Ragnar Frisch, Charles F. Roos, Joseph A. Schumpeter, Harold Hotelling, Henry Schultz, Karl Menger, Edwin B. Wilson, Frederick C. Mills, William F. Ogburn, J. Harvey Rogers, Malcolm C. Rorty, Carl Snyder, Walter A. Shewhart, Øystein Ore, Ingvar Wedervang and Norbert Wiener. Irving Fisher was elected first president of the society at the founding meeting.
The first annual meeting of the Econometric Society was in September 1931 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Econometric Society was founded as a worldwide organization unlike other societies at the time.
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Meetings
The Econometric Society holds multiple meetings world-wide. Each of the six regions that compose the Econometric Society hold regional meetings. The North American and European regions have both held meetings since 1931. The Australasia region has held meetings since 1983. The Latin American region has held meetings since 1980. The Africa region has held meetings since 2014. The Asian region, which has been reorganized multiple times, has held meetings since 1987.
The Econometrics Society also has held a World Congress every five years since 1965. The World Congress is a conference of all the regional societies.
Officers
The Econometric Society is led by a president, who serves a one-year term. Election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society is considered by much of the economics profession to be an honor.
- List of presidents of the Econometric Society
- List of fellows of the Econometric Society
Honorary lectures
The Econometrics Society awards five prizes. The Sonnenschein Service Prize (since 2024), Frisch Medal Award (since 1978), Arrow Prize (since 2024), the Haavelmo Prize (since 2024), and the Best Paper Award for Quantitative Economics and Theoretical Economics.
The Econometric Society sponsors several annual awards, in which the honored member delivers a lecture:
- Frisch Medal
- Walras–Bowley Lecture
- Fisher–Schultz Lecture
- Jacob Marschak Lecture