Econometric Society Honors for Four in Economics Department

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The Econometric Society, an international organization whose aim is to advance economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics, recently honored four members of the Department of Economics.
 
Hanming Fang, Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics, was elected to a four-year term on the Executive Committee. Petra Todd, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Economics, was elected as a Council Member representing North America. And Enrique Mendoza and Guillermo Ordonez, both professors of economics, were newly elected as Econometric Society Fellows.

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