May 20, 2016
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: Announcements

AEA Annual Elections. The Nominating Committee, consisting of Claudia Goldin (Chair), Susan Dynarski, Xavier Gabaix, Erica L. Groshen, Erik Hurst, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Levin, and Cecilia Rouse submitted its nominations for Vice-Presidents and members of the Executive Committee. The Electoral College, consisting of the Nominating Committee and Executive Committee meeting together, selected the nominee for President-elect. The 2016 slate of candidates for 2017 Officers is:

President-elect

Olivier Blanchard

Vice Presidents

Alan Krueger
Olivia Mitchell
Valerie Ramey
Jonathan Skinner

Executive Committee

Nicholas Bloom
Kerwin Charles
Erica Field
Judith Hellerstein

Please watch for more information on the candidates; balloting opens August 1, 2016.

Congratulations to the 2016 John Bates Clark Medalist Yuliy Sannikov. Awarded annually to an economist under the age of 40, the John Bates Clark Medal recognizes outstanding research accomplishments in economics. Please join the AEA Electoral College, consisting of the Association's Honors and Awards Committee and voting members of the Executive Committee, in congratulating Yuliy Sannikov of Princeton University. To find out more or to see a list of Clark Medal recipients, go to https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/bates-clark.

The 2016 AEA Distinguished Fellows are Richard Freeman, Glenn Loury, Julio Rotemberg and Isabelle Sawhill. The Distinguished Fellow award recognizes the lifetime research contributions of up to four distinguished economists. A list of current and past Distinguished Fellows is available at https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/distinguished-fellows.

Foreign Honorary Member awarded to Torsten Persson of Sweden, and Guido Tabellini of Italy. International Honorees of distinction are elected by the American Economic Association's Executive Committee. A list of current Foreign Honorary Members is available at https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/foreign-honorary-members.

The annual American Economic Journal (AEJ) "Best Paper Prize" highlights the best paper published in each of the American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, Economic Policy, Macroeconomics, and Microeconomics over the last three years. Nominations are provided by AEA members, and winners are selected by the journals' editors, co-editors, and boards of editors. Complimentary full-text articles are available at https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/aej-best-papers.

AEJ: Applied Economics: "Legal Status and the Criminal Activity of Immigrants," by Giovanni Mastrobuoni and Paolo Pinotti 7(2), (pp. 175-206) April 2015.

AEJ: Economic Policy: "Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition, and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service," by Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, and Carol Propper 5 (4), (pp. 134-66) November 2013.

AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Monetary Policy Surprises, Credit Costs, and Economic Activity," by Mark Gertler and Peter Karadi 7(1), (pp. 44-76) January 2015.

AEJ: Microeconomics: "Nonlinear Pricing of Storable Goods," by Igal Hendel, Alessandro Lizzeri, and Nikita Roketskiy 6(3), (pp. 1-34) August 2014.

AEA Editor Transitions. The AEA Executive Committee is pleased to announce three new editor appointments: Esther Duflo for the American Economic Review, Alexandre Mas for the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, and Johannes Hörner for the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. The new editors will begin in January 2017. We wish to thank our outgoing Editors Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Esther Duflo and Andrew Postlewaite for their outstanding efforts devoted to making the AEA journals among the most respected scholarly journals in economics.

Discover AEA's New Website. The AEA has a new and re-designed website to streamline navigation to the Association's priority content (journals, Annual Meeting, and JOE) and to bring current AEA research to the forefront for a wider audience. The website features responsive web design for optimal viewing across all desktop browsers and mobile devices, and improved navigation to priority content. Learn more about the changes and visit our Research Highlights and News Repository for current research, press coverage, and announcements at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/aea/.

AEA Journal Access for Secondary School Students and Teachers. Gain complimentary access to the AEA journals for high-school age students. Teachers are encouraged to utilize online journal articles and summaries for classroom instruction. Eligible students must be of high-school age; certification may be required upon request. See https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/students/high-school-student-journal-access.