Thierry Mayer appointed Co-Editor of Econometrica

The Econometric Society announced last week a number of editorial changes for several journals it edits. Created in 1933, shortly after the founding of the Society, Econometrica is one of the top 5 international journals of the discipline (explore IDEAS/RePEc rankings).

The journal publishes original articles in all branches of economics, providing a unique wide-ranging coverage across the subject area - from the frontier of theoretical developments in many new areas, to research on current and applied economic problems, to methodologically innovative, theoretical, and applied studies in econometrics. It promotes studies that aim at the unification of the theoretical-quantitative and the empirical-quantitative approaches to economic problems and that are penetrated by constructive and rigorous thinking. 

Thierry Mayer is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po since 2009 and chaired the Department from 2019 to 2023. He is also a scientific advisor at the Centre d’études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), and a research fellow and scientific director of the Paris Office of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He is an elected Fellow of the Econometric Society since 2023. 

His research is primarily focused on trade theory and empirics, economic geography, as well as on foreign direct investment determinants. His research includes empirical studies on the level and causes of market fragmentation in the European Union, and works on how gravitational forces shape economic interactions. His work has received a number of distinctions at both the national and international levels -  laureate of the Bronze Medal of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 2006 Best French Young Economist Prize (Le Monde/Le Cercle des Economistes), appointed in 2008 Junior Member of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF), and recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant in 2012.

Thierry will be undertaking his new editorial responsibilities in July 2027. 

Thierry is the second member of the Department, with Jean-Marc Robin, to be selected by the Econometric Society as Co-Editor.