AEA Annual Elections. The Nominating Committee, consisting of William Nordhaus (Chair), Marianne Bertrand, Dora Costa, Dennis Epple, Drew Fudenberg, Ulrike Malmendier, Cecilia Rouse and Hal Varian 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 2017 slate of candidates for 2018 Officers is: 

President-elect
Ben Bernanke 

Vice Presidents
Susan Athey
Pinelopi Goldberg
Robert Moffitt
Michael Woodford 

Executive Committee Members
Matthew Gentzkow
Adriana Lleras-Muney
Bruce Sacerdote
Betsey Stevenson 

Please watch for more information on the candidates; balloting opens August 1, 2017. 

Congratulations to the 2017 John Bates Clark Medalist Dave Donaldson. 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 Dave Donaldson of Stanford 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 2017 AEA Distinguished Fellows are James Heckman, Charles Manski, Robert Pollak and Nancy Stokey. 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 Philippe Aghion of France, and Ernst Fehr of Austria. 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 Award 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: "Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy," by Stefano DellaVigna, Ruben Durante, Brian Knight, and Eliana La Ferrara 8(1), (pp. 224-256) January 2016

AEJ: Economic Policy: "Of Mice and Academics: Examining the Effect of Openness on Innovation," by Fiona Murray, Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Julian Kolev, and Scott Stern 8(1), (pp. 212-252) February 2016

AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Understanding the Great Recession," by Lawrence J. Christiano, Martin S. Eichenbaum, and Mathias Trabandt 7(1), (pp. 110-167) January 2015

AEJ: Microeconomics: "Investing in Skill and Searching for Coworkers: Endogenous Participation in a Matching Market," by Chris Bidner, Guillaume Roger, and Jessica Moses 8(1), (pp. 166-202) February 2016

AEA Editor Transition. The AEA Executive Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Gilchrist as the new lead editor for the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics beginning January 2018.  Gilchrist currently serves as a co-editor of the journal.   We wish to thank outgoing Editor Richard Rogerson for his outstanding effort devoted to making the AEJ:Macroeconomics journal included among the most respected scholarly journal in economics. 

Registration closes on Friday, May 5^th for The National Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE). The conference hosted by the AEA Committee on Economic Education in cooperation with the Journal of Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Denver Branch will be held May 31 - June 2, 2017 at the Westin Denver Downtown.   For more information go to https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/economic-education.

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It's never too early to introduce economics in the classroom! The AEA now offers complimentary access for secondary school students and teachers to the AEA's prestigious group of economics journals. Teachers are encouraged to utilize online journal articles and summaries for classroom instruction. Eligible students must be of high-school age; proof may be required upon request.  Sign-up today at https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/students/high-school-student-journal-access.

Time to renew your AEA membership? As of January 2017, AEA members receive complimentary access to back issues of AEA journals on JSTOR. JSTOR provides electronic copies of archival issues of the AER, JEL, JEP, and the four American Economic Journals. Renew today at https://www.aeaweb.org/membership.