Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, August 7, 2009

Announcements

Art Lending Open House
Wednesday, August 12, 11 am to 4pm and Thursday, August 13, 10 am to noon, Browsing Library, 1st floor of the Memorial Union. Framed posters, prints, and paintings will be available for rent at a cost of $12 to $25. A few discontinued pieces will be on sale.
Ag Business Club Wins Awards
Congratulations to the Agricultural Business Club for winning the 2009 AAEA Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award AND the 2009 SS-AAEA Creative Club Award at the recent AAEA annual meetings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Club also had two teams competing in the Academic Quiz Bowl contest, with one of them finishing in fourth place. Also, ISU Agricultural Business Club member Marla Stevenson was elected North Central Vice President.

Funding Opportunities

South Africa USAID-Pretoria
RESTORING LIVELIHOODS - Zimbabwe _x000d_
Deadline: February 27, 2010_x000d_
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId...
Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program
Deadline: September 23, 2009_x000d_
http://sites.kauffman.org/KDFP/template.cfm?page_id=1034

Job Opportunities

Monsanto
Marketing Manager_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/MonsantoMarketingManager.pdf
University of Alberta
Assistant Professor (two positions)_x000d_
Deadline: November 30, 2009_x000d_
http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/competition.aspx?id=A10738852

Papers and Presentations

Wallace Huffman
(with Y. Chen). "An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight." Presented at the AAEA & ACCI 2009 Joint Annual Meetings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 26-28, 2009. _x000d_
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(with G. Colson and M. Rousu). "Willingness to Pay in Experimental Auctions When Participants Own Outside Inventories." Presented at the AAEA & ACCI 2009 Joint Annual Meetings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 26-28, 2009.