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STICERD News:
Maitreesh Ghatak Elected as a Fellow of the Econometric Society

Published/Broadcast 15 October 2024

Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics and Director of STICERD's Development Economics Programme has been elected as a member 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. 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. Since 1931, only 1,187 total fellows have been elected. The 42 new fellows bring this number to 1,229 elected.

"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 Eliana La Ferrara, President of the Econometric Society. 


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