Ivana Komunjer Named a Fellow of the Econometric Society

Professor Ivana Komunjer of the Department of Economics was named a Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Founded in 1930, the Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. The main activities of the Society are publication of the journals Econometrica, Quantitative Economics, and Theoretical Economics, publication of a research Monograph Series, organization annually of scientific meetings in six regions of the world, and a World Congress once every five years.

For more than 90 years, the Society has been electing Fellows. Candidates for Fellow are nominated by members, Fellows, and a Fellows Nominating Committee (FNC) and elected by the Society’s active Fellows.

“Election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society is a recognition of important contributions to Economics. The Fellows represent the highest authority of the Society. I congratulate them on this great honor,” said Larry Samuelson, President of the Econometric Society.

Since 1931, only 1,229 total fellows have been elected. The 25 new fellows bring this number to 1,254 elected. To date, 86 Econometric Society Fellows have won the Nobel Prize in Economics (the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel). Of these 86, 28 have been President of the Econometric Society.