Membership includes economists, mathematicians, game theorists, and other individuals with interests in economics based on rigorous theoretical reasoning.
[1] The Society is responsible for the publication of the peer-reviewed journal Economic Theory, the first edition of which was published in March 1991.
[2] The society also publishes the journal Economic Theory Bulletin, which specializes in shorter papers.
[3] The society holds annual conferences that attract a large number of academic economists.
Edward C. Prescott, 1990-1994 Charalambos D. Aliprantis, 1995-1997 Nicholas C. Yannelis, 1998-2008 Charles R. Plott, 2009-2010 David K. Levine, 2011-2012 Aloisio Araujo, 2013-2014 Bernard Cornet 2015-2016