 The logo of the Society for Economic Measurement | |
| Formation | August 24, 2013 |
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| Legal status | Learned society in economics |
| Purpose | To promote research on economic measurement, using advanced tools from economic theory, econometrics, aggregation theory, experimental economics, mathematics, and statistics[1] |
Region served | United States, Internationally |
President | William A. Barnett, University of Kansas and Center for Financial Stability |
Main organ | Executive Committee[2] |
| Website | sem.society.cmu.edu |
The Society for Economic Measurement, or SEM, is a scientific learned society in the field of economics. It was founded on August 24, 2013 by William A. Barnett in order to "promote research on economic measurement, using advanced tools from economic theory, econometrics, aggregation theory, experimental economics, mathematics, and statistics".[3] Nobel Laureate Apostolos Serletis took over as the society's second president in 2019. In 2024, Gaetano Antinolfi became the third and current president of the society. The goal of the SEM is to promote in economics—given the constraints of a social science—the implementation of the strict rules of measurement and data gathering standards used in the physical sciences. Carnegie Mellon University, the Center for Financial Stability, and the University of Kansas are sponsors of the society.