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Announcements for Friday, May 25, 2012

Announcements

  • New disclosure policy for AEA Journal Submissions

    Beginning July 1, 2012, all submissions to AEA journals, including revisions of previously submitted papers, must be accompanied by a Disclosure Statement. This is applicable even when the authors have no relevant interests to disclose. Authors will need to provide a separate Disclosure Statement for each coauthor at the time of submission. Submissions that do not include the statements will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed. Please see the complete Disclosure Policy at http://www.aeaweb.org/aea_journals/AEA_Disclosure_Policy.pdf

  • AAEA Presenter Requirements-June 4 Deadline

    June 4 is the deadline for participants in all AAEA Annual Meeting sessions to be a current (2012 calendar year) AAEA member and registered for the Annual Meeting.  Beginning June 5, anyone who does not meet these requirements will be withdrawn from the program.

    If you are unsure of your AAEA membership or meeting registration status, contact the AAEA Business Office (info@aaea.org).

News

  • CARD study shows impact of ethanol on pump prices

    CARD logoA recent fuel price analysis, conducted by ISU’s Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, found that pump prices would be $1.69 more per gallon across the Midwest if ethanol wasn’t available. This $1.69 per gallon reduction adds up to $2,363 in annual savings for a typical Iowa family. Read a recent Des Moines Register article on the subject at: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120519/OPINION/305190047/0/NE...

  • Iowa MicroLoan/CVC client receives Main Street Iowa Award

    Linda Gobberdiel and the Coop Steering Committee of the Tallgrass Coop Grocery located in Valley Junction Historic District of West Des Moines were recognized as the "Best Business Development Success Story" for 2011 during the Main Street Iowa Awards Program, held at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium Ballroom in Des Moines, May 4, 2012.

    Presenting the Award is Governor Terry Branstad and Debi Durham, Director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

    The Tallgrass Grocery Coop is an Iowa MicroLoan client and was the first participant in the Main Street Development Loan Program which is administered by Iowa MicroLoan, in collaboration with Preservation Iowa and Main Street Iowa of the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

    The Community Vitality Center from Iowa State University was instrumental in founding Iowa MicroLoan in 2008 and in facilitating the development of the Main Street Development Loan Program in 2010. Learn more about the Community Vitality Center at: http://www.cvcia.org/

  • Schulz feels right at home in new role as ag extension economist

    Read the recent Extension press release on the Department of Economics' most recent faculty member Lee Schulz at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/article/new-agricultural-extension-economist-feels-right-home

  • Weekly Media Connections for the Department of Economics

    William Edwards spoke with Rod Swoboda of Wallace's Farmer, Nikki Thunder of KCHE radio in Cherokee, Randi Reeder of the Carroll Daily Times Herald, and Lindsay Hoeppner of the Northwest Iowa Review, on the farmland cash rental rate survey. View follow up broadcast clips of Edwards' cash rental rate survey: http://mms.tveyes.com/NetReport.aspx?ReportHash=b614546c554b8914df4a049577fed86b

    Edwards also spoke with Barb Anderson of Progressive Farmer, on farmers adding grain storage.

    Dave Swenson was interviewed by Kate Wells, a reporter from Iowa Public Radio, on the state's new unemployment figures. He also was interviewed by Chelsea, Keenan, a reporter with The Business Record, who had questions on how higher levels of student borrowing affects the economy.

    View follow up broadcast clips of CARD's recently published ethanol study: http://mms.tveyes.com/NetReport.aspx?ReportHash=67125a85af9aefe0973ba7672298d6c3

Graduate Student Announcements

  • Belpasso International Summer School on Environmental and Resource Economics - Call for Applications

    Belpasso (Italy), September 2nd - 8th, 2012

    More information available at: http://www.feem-project.net/belpasso_2012/

Funding Opportunities

Job Opportunities

  • Opening for macroeconomist at Congressional Budget Office
  • Assistant or associate professor in economics --Jeju National University
  • Ag and personal finance instructure needed at Virginia Tech

    One year agribusiness teaching position at Virginia Tech available.  Courses would include ag finance and personal finance.  A tenure track position in this area has been approved to be filled next year so an opportunity exists for a longer term position. M.S. required, Ph.D. preferred.  Call or e-mail Dr. Pease for more information. jim.pease@vt.edu or 540-231-4178

Papers and Presentations

  • Recent presentations by William Edwards

    William Edwards recently presented the following: "Iowa Farmland Values" at the Breimyer Seminar, University of Missouri May 12); and "Flexible Cash Rent Agreements" for the AAEA Extension Section webinar on Farm Leasing Arrangements (May 14).

  • Recent presentations and publications by Leigh Tesfatsion

    Publications:

    • Hongyan Li and Leigh Tesfatsion, "Co-Learning Patterns as Emergent Market Phenomena: An Electricity Market Illustration", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 82, 2012, 395-419.
    • Paul L. Borrill and Leigh Tesfatsion, "Agent-Based Modeling: The Right Mathematics for the Social Sciences?", pp. 228-258 in J.B. Davis and D.W. Hands (eds.), Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2012, 560pp.
    • Nanpeng Yu, Leigh Tesfatsion, and Chen-Ching Liu, "Financial Bilateral Contract Negotiation in Wholesale Power Markets using Nash Bargaining Theory", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2012, 251-267.

    Leigh Tesfatsion presented, "Testing Institutional Arrangements via Agent-Based Modeling," at the College Advisory Council Panel Session, 125 Music Hall, Iowa State University, April 19, 2012.