European Economic Association

The European Economic Association (EEA) is a professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna. Its first president was Jacques Drèze. The Association currently has around 3000 members. Its objectives are:

". . . to contribute to the development and application of economics as a science in Europe; to improve communication and exchange between teachers, researchers and students in economics in the different European countries; and to develop and sponsor co-operation between teaching institutions of university level and research institutions in Europe "

It publishes the Journal of the European Economic Association. In August of each year the Association, in collaboration with the European Standing Committee of the Economic Society organises a congress in a European city. The congress attracts around 1500 participants.

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Presidents of the European Economic Association

1986–2000	Jacques Drèze (1986) János Kornai (1987) Edmond Malinvaud (1988) Anthony Atkinson (1989) Agnar Sandmo (1990) Assar Lindbeck (1991) Martin Hellwig (1992) Mervyn King (1993) Roger Guesnerie (1994) Louis Philps (1995) David Newbery (1996) Reinhard Selten (1997) Jean-Jacques Laffont (1998) Partha Dasgupta (1999) James A. Mirrlees (2000)

2001–present	Jean Tirole (2001) J. Peter Neary (2002) Torsten Persson (2003) Richard Blundell (2004) Mathias Dewatripont (2005) Andreu Mas-Colell (2006) Guido Tabellini (2007) Ernst Fehr (2008) Nicholas Stern (2009) Timothy Besley (2010) Christopher Pissarides (2011) Jordi Galí (2012) Manuel Arellano (2013) Orazio Attanasio (2014) Rachel Griffith (2015) Fabrizio Zilibotti (2016)

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