Econometric Society

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The Econometric Society is an international society of academic economists interested in applying statistical tools to their field. It is an independent organization with no connections to societies of professional mathematicians or statisticians.

It was founded on December 29, 1930, at the Statler Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Its first president was Irving Fisher.[1]

As of 2014, there are about 700 Elected Fellows of the Econometric Society, making it one of the most prevalent research affiliations.[2][failed verification] New fellows are elected each year by the current fellows.[3]

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. The first president was Irving Fisher.[4]

The Econometric Society sponsors the Economics academic journal Econometrica and publishes the journals Theoretical Economics and Quantitative Economics.

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.[3]

Honorary lectures

The Econometric Society sponsors several annual awards, in which the honored member delivers a lecture:

References

  1. ^ Bjerkholt, Olav (June 2017). "ON THE FOUNDING OF THE ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY". Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 39 (2): 175–198. doi:10.1017/S105383721600002X. ISSN 1053-8372.
  2. ^ List of Fellows of the Econometric Society
  3. ^ a b Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Schmidt, Peter (2003). "The Determinants of Econometric Society Fellows Elections". Econometrica. 71 (1). The Econometric Society: 399–407. doi:10.1111/1468-0262.00406. ISSN 0012-9682. JSTOR 3082057.
  4. ^ Andranik S. Tangian; Josef Gruber (28 November 2001). Constructing and Applying Objective Functions: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Econometric Decision Models Constructing and Applying Objective Functions, University of Hagen, Held in Haus Nordhelle, August, 28 - 31, 2000. Springer. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-3-540-42669-1. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

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