Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, December 16, 2005

Main Office Hours
During the semester break, December 19-January 6, rooms 260 and 266 Heady will be open 7:30 am-4:00 pm with the exception of December 27-30 when hours will be 7:30 am-Noon. All university offices will be closed December 23, 26, and January 2.

IABE-2006 Annual Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada, October 15-18, 2006_x000d_
http://www.iabe.org/
MCRSA 37th Annual Conference
Indianapolis, Indiana, June 8-10, 2006_x000d_
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/mcrsa/annual_conference.htm
Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality
Kansas City, Missouri, October 11-13, 2006_x000d_
http://www.swcs.org/en/swcs_international_conferences/managing_agricultu...
International Conference on The Future of Agriculture: Science, Stewardship, and Sustainability
Sacramento, California, August 6-9, 2006_x000d_
http://www.dce.ksu.edu/dce/conf/ag&environment/
10th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: Facts, Analysis and Policies
Ravello, Italy, June 29-July 2, 2006_x000d_
http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conferenze/icabr2006/call_for_paper.asp
81st Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International
San Diego, California, June 29-July 3, 2006_x000d_
http://www.weainternational.org/conferences.htm
XXIII IASP World Conference on Science & Technology Parks, 2006
Helsinki, Finland, June 6-9, 2006_x000d_
The deadline for abstracts has been extended to January 20, 2006._x000d_
http://www.iasp2006.sciencepark.com/

New Faculty Grant Development Awards
Seed-money program designed to assist recently hired faculty and research staff members in all disciplines_x000d_
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/guidelines/researchgrantdev.html
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Special Research Grants Program: Pest Management Alternatives Research_x000d_
Application Deadline: February 1, 2006_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1114
The National Bureau of Economic Research
The Innovotion Policy and Economy (IPE) Group seeks proposals for 2 grants of $20,000 each and a post-doctoral fellowship of $60,000. Proposal deadline: March 1, 2006_x000d_
http://www.nber.org/ipe/2006-07_IPECall.pdf
The National Research Council of the National Academies
Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associateship Program_x000d_
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Application deadline: February 9, 2006_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/DeptofStateExchangeProgram.pdf
United States Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Marketing Service_x000d_
Deadline: February 10, 2006_x000d_
http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/fsmip.htm

PURC - University of Florida
Policy Analyst_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=4208
Darton College
Instructor of Economics_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=4209
Reliant Resources/Reliant Energy Retail Group
Analyst/Database Marketing Analytics & Forecasting_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/Files/ReliantEner...
East Carolina University
Assistant Professor_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/EastCarolinaUniversity.pdf
University of Washington
Assistant Professor, Environmental/Natural Resource Economics_x000d_
http://www.washington.edu/admin/eoo/ads/aa1194-ouf-nov-05.html
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Director of the School of Natural Resources _x000d_
https://employment.unl.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?t...
South Carolina State University
Associate Vice President for Research and Executive Director of 1890 Research and Extension_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/AssocVP1890Res.pdf_x000d_
Executive Director of the James E. Clyburn Transportation Research Center_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/AssocVPTransEconDev.pdf
Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Grain Marketing and Policy_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/TexasA&MGrainMarketing.pdf
Western Illinois University
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Rural Community Economic Development_x000d_
http://www.wiu.edu/employment/emp.sphp?id=300

W.E. Huffman and R.E. Evenson
Science for Agriculture: A Long-Term Perspective. Ames, IA: Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2005.
S. Keng and W.E. Huffman
"Binge Drinking and Labor Market Success: A Longitudinal Study on Young People." Journal of Population Economics, Dec. 2005 (20 pp).