Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, May 8, 2009

Summer Hours
The Economics main office (260-266 Heady) will be observing summer office hours (7:30AM - 4:00PM) from Monday, 5/11/09, through Friday, 8/14/09. Many administrative offices throughout campus will also observe summer hours.
Reception
On Friday, May 8, a reception will be held to honor the Econ graduate students who are graduating along with recent award recipients between 3 and 4 p.m. in room 368A Heady Hall.

2009 SWCS International Annual Conference
Dearborn, Michigan, July 11-15, 2009_x000d_
http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?i=f34f6572-7cb5-4d39-...
Great Plains Conference on Teaching in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Vermillion, South Dakota, October 2-3, 2009_x000d_
Proposal deadline: August 1, 2009_x000d_
http://orgs.usd.edu/gpctss/submissions.htm

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Cooperative Extension Programs at 1862 Land-grant Institutions_x000d_
Deadline: June 1, 2009_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/smith_lever_09_3b3c_final.p...
Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program: Conservation Effects Assessment Project_x000d_
Deadline: July 1, 2009_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/watershedconservationeffectsassessmenticgp...
Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program _x000d_
Deadline: July 1, 2009_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/rural_health.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Modeling the Scientific Workforce (U01)_x000d_
Deadline: October 9, 2009_x000d_
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-10-003.html#PartII
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Enhancing Ecosystem Services From Agricultural Lands: Management, Quantification, And Developing Decision Support Tools_x000d_
Deadline: May 26, 2009_x000d_
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_ecosystem_services.html

Economic Research Service
Supervisory Agricultural Economist_x000d_
Deadline: May 20, 2009_x000d_
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=80607143&AVSDM=4%2F22%2F20...
Research Agricultural Economist_x000d_
Deadline: June 29, 2009_x000d_
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=80555927&AVSDM=4%2F21%2F20...
United States Department of Commerce
Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis_x000d_
Deadline: May 19, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/DirectorOCEAITA.pdf
SAS Institute, Inc
Senior Research Statistician Developer_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/SASSRSD.pdf

(It looks as though pure theory is relevant indeed!)
Charles Zheng has published a paper that analyzes the current "toxic asset plan" with auction theory: "The Default-Prone U.S. Toxic Asset Auction Plan," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 21. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol9/iss1/art21.