Badi H. Baltagi is a Distinguished Professor of Economics and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He has served as Editor of Economics Letters (2011–2021), Empirical Economics (1999–2018), and as Replication Editor for the Journal of Applied Econometrics (2003–2018).Professor Baltagi is a Fellow of both the Journal of Econometrics and Econometric Reviews, and has received several prestigious honors, including the Multa Scripsit and Plura Scripsit Awards from Econometric Theory, and the Distinguished Author Award from the Journal of Applied Econometrics.He currently serves as Associate Editor for Econometric Reviews and Econometrics and Statistics, and is Series Editor for Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics. His contributions to econometrics, particularly in panel data analysis, have been widely recognized and influential across academia and applied research.