Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, June 6, 2008

Announcements

It's a girl!
Congratulations to Nate and Jen Kauffman on the birth of a baby girl. Emma Joelle was born on Sunday, May 25, at 10:39 a.m. weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. and 20 1/2" long.

External Seminars and Workshops

EcoMod Modeling School - Europe
Berlin and Brussels, July 2008_x000d_
http://www.ecomod.net/

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Commodity Price Risk Management Seminar
Brussels, Belgium, June 16-17, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/Risk_Manage...
2009 Power Systems Conference and Exposition
Seattle, Washington, March 15-18, 2009_x000d_
Submission deadline: August 25, 2008_x000d_
http://www.pscexpo.com/PSCE2009_CallForPapers.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Development Grants, Food Assistance Research _x000d_
Deadline: July 1, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/Harris%20Sc...

Job Opportunities

Kansas State University
Economic Analyst, Advanced Manufacturing Institute_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/economicana...
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Economist, Omaha Branch office_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/Federal%20R...
Kansas Farm Management Association
Extension Agricultural Economist_x000d_
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=31
Workforce Center Administration Division
Division Administrator_x000d_
Deadline: June 10, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/Job%20Posti...

Papers and Presentations

Wallace E. Huffman
"Consumers' Willingness to Pay for New Genetically Modified Food Products: Evidence from Experimental Auctions of Intragenic and Transgenic Foods." Presented at the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Seminar, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, May 29, 2008.