Econometric Reviews honors Esfandiar Maasoumi

• Main Authors: PHILLIPS, Peter C. B., ULLAH, Aman
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Econometrics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2052; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3051/viewcontent/Econometric_Reviews_honors_Esfandiar_Maasoumi.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This Special Issue of Econometric Reviews (ER) is a tribute to Esfandiar Maasoumi for his longstanding contributions to the econometrics profession as an outstanding researcher, a revered teacher and supervisor, and a journal editor of three decades, all of which manifests his extraordinary devotion to the discipline of econometrics and to its growing community of students and scholars. Essie, as he is universally known to his friends, colleagues, and the international community, took on the editorship of ER in 1987. At that point, as (very) senior members of the profession will remember, the journal had a paperback cover, no formal typesetting, only two small issues a year, and was no more than a review journal. Much has changed in the intervening years. ER is now one of the top five core journals in econometrics with a distinguished editorial board, a strong track record of path-breaking publications, and the backing of a major publishing house. As editor, Essie has guided the path of ER through these changes and built a publishing culture that has brought ER into the front rank of journals. In an age where many journal editor communications read like automated mechanical exercises, Essie’s editorial letters show sensitivity to authors, empathy for the research effort that has gone into a paper, and an understanding of its subject, history, and motivation. This Special Issue honors Essie for his sustained guidance of ER over the past three decades, for his scholarship and learning that have contributed to our knowledge of econometrics and its limitations, and for his unwavering support for the econometrics community. Thanks to its many contributors, this issue has an impressive range of new research that covers many of the ongoing areas of econometrics, including Essie’s own past and recent work. Essie’s long career began as a lecturer in econometrics at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom as he was finishing his PhD at the London School of Economics under Denis Sargan in 1977. In 1978, Essie moved to the United States, first to the University of Southern California. After spells teaching at Iowa, Indiana, and Southern Methodist Universities, he joined Emory University, where he currently serves as Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor. Over his career, Essie has collaborated and coauthored with an unusually large number of researchers across the discipline, many of whom have joined us with contributions in enthusiastic support of this Special Issue of ER.