Despite a large field of Republican presidential candidates, ISU economist Dave Swenson (pictured right) predicts that the economic impact from this year's Iowa caucuses will fall well short of the spending from the 2008 caucuses, which he found had an economic impact to the state of $15.5 million in total sales in the six months preceding the caucuses.

To read the full ISU News Service article written by Mike Ferlazzo, click on the following link: http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2011/sep/caucusimpact

To read the full Des Moines Register article written by William Petroski, click on the following link: http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/09/15/isu-economist-caucuses-wont-be-financial-windfall-to-iowa/

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