The Econometric Society was founded in 1930. It is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. Its main object is to promote studies that aim at a unification of the theoretical-quantitative and empirical-quantitative approach to economic problems and that are penetrated by constructive and rigorous thinking similar to that in the natural sciences. The Econometric Society is the most prestigious learned society in the field of economics. It publishesEconometrica, a top academic journal in economics in the world.