Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, September 25, 2009

ISU/United Way Campaign
The ISU campaign to support the United Way is now underway. If you did not receive an envelope and would like to contribute, contact Deb Thornburg, 260 Heady. As a reminder, you can designate your contribution to a specific agency or to a county other than Story County by completing the donor choice card. See the ISU/United Way web site for this year's list of incentives. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/uw09/incentives.htm_x000d_
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Other ways to contribute: Donate non-perishable items or books to earn a chance at winning a prize. See Deb for details.

Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resources Economists
Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 2, 2010_x000d_
Submission deadline: January 31, 2010_x000d_
http://www.wcere2010.org/
Journal of Economic Theory and Social Development
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/JETSDCallforPapers.pdf
First Annual Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conference
Banff, Canada, May 13-16, 2010_x000d_
Submission deadline: January 31, 2010_x000d_
http://eiit.org/RMET/2010/
69th International Atlantic Economic Conference
Prague, Czech Republic, March 24-27, 2010_x000d_
Submission deadline: November 15, 2009_x000d_
http://www.iaes.org/conferences/future/Prague/index.htm

The National Academies
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships_x000d_
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm
Office of Personnel Management
Presidential Management Fellows Program_x000d_
https://www.pmf.opm.gov/
Social Science Research Council
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program_x000d_
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/dpdf/
University of Delaware
2009 Title VIII Research Program_x000d_
Proposal deadline: December 6, 2009_x000d_
http://international.udel.edu/title-viii/2009/

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Outreach/Research Specialist (Grain Marketing)_x000d_
Deadline: November 15, 2009_x000d_
http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_061905.html
Tecas A&M University
Department Head_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/TexasA&MEconDeptHead.pdf
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Assistant Professor, Economic Development_x000d_
Deadline: October 31, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofNorthCarolinaAsstProfEconDev.pdf
Cornell University
Agriculture Marketing Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension Association_x000d_
http://hosts.cce.cornell.edu/admin/careerops/pa499.htm
Eastern Illinois University
Assistant Professor_x000d_
Deadline: November 20, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/Files/EIU.pdf

Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy
"A Fast Fourier Transform Technique for Pricing American Options Under Stochastic Volatility." Review of Derivatives Research, published online September 4, 2009.