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 and its first president was Jacques Drèze.History of the EEA. Accessed 15. October 2018 The current president is Imran Rasul. The Association currently has around 4000 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 "Aims of the EEA. Accessed 15. October 2018
It publishes the Journal of the European Economic Association.Wiley Online Library. Accessed 15. October 2018Journal information on the EEA webpage. Accessed 15. October 2018 In August of each year the Association, in collaboration with the Econometric Society organises a congress in a European city.Webpage of the 33rd Annual Congress of the European Economic Association. Accessed 15. October 2018 The congress attracts around 1500 participants.
Association presidents + Presidents, European Economic Association (EEA) Term of Office Name of President Country1986 Jacques Drèze (1929–2022) 1987 János Kornai (1928–2021) 1988 Edmond Malinvaud (1923–2015) 1989 Tony Atkinson (1944–2017) 1990 Agnar Sandmo (1938–2019) 1991 Assar Lindbeck (1930–2020) 1992 Martin Hellwig (born 1949) 1993 Mervyn King (born 1948) 1994 Roger Guesnerie (born 1943) 1995 Louis Phlips (born 1933) 1996 David Newbery (born 1943) 1997 Reinhard Selten (1930–2016) 1998 Jean-Jacques Laffont (1947–2004) 1999 Partha Dasgupta (born 1942) 2000 James Mirrlees (1936–2018) 2001 Jean Tirole (born 1953) 2002 J. Peter Neary (1950–2021) 2003 Torsten Persson (born 1954) 2004 Richard Blundell (born 1952) 2005 Mathias Dewatripont (born 1959) 2006 Andreu Mas-Colell (born 1944) 2007 Guido Tabellini (born 1956) 2008 Ernst Fehr (born 1956) 2009 Nicholas Stern (born 1946) 2010 Tim Besley (born 1960) 2011 Christopher Pissarides (born 1948) 2012 Jordi Galí (born 1961) 2013 Manuel Arellano (born 1957) 2014 Orazio Attanasio (born 1959) 2015 Rachel Griffith (born 1963) 2016 Fabrizio Zilibotti (born 1964) 2017 Philippe Aghion (born 1956) 2018 Eliana La Ferrara (born 1968) 2019 Kjetil Storesletten (born 1967) 2020 Per Krusell (born 1959) 2021 Silvana Tenreyro (born 1973) 2022 Oriana Bandiera (born 1971) 2023 Maristella Botticini (born ----) 2024 Jan Eeckhout (born 1970) 2025 Hélène Rey (born 1970) 2026 Imran Rasul (born 1974)
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