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Harl awarded Order of the Knoll

[Posted Apr 25, 2013]
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Neil Harl, emeritus professor with the Department of Economics, was recently presented the Faculty and Staff Order of the Knoll award through Iowa State.

The award recognizes an individual or couple currently employed by or retired from Iowa State, who has provided dedicated and long-term professional and volunteer service and creative leadership to the ISU Foundation and university through the advancement of philanthropy.

Weekly Media Contacts for the Department of Economics

[Posted Apr 25, 2013]
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Lee Schulz spoke with Troy Smith, Angus Journal, regarding cost relative to value of preconditioning programs.

Weekly Media Contacts for the Department of Economics

[Posted Apr 19, 2013]
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Dave Swenson spoke with Donnell Eller, The Des Moines Register, regarding a Brookings Institution report on the rate of job change in central metropolitan areas and outlying suburban regions, comparing Des Moines to the national average.

Duffy honored by American Agricultural Editors’ Association

[Posted Apr 19, 2013]
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Mike Duffy will be presented the Distinguished Service Award this summer by the American Agricultural Editors’ Association.

“Mike’s leadership in helping beginning farmers for nearly 20 years has helped to facilitate the transfer and transition of farm operations between multiple generations,” said Dan Zinkand, an agricultural journalist and AAEA member who led Duffy’s nomination effort.

Read the full news release at: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/releases/1085/

Friday's George Fuller Memorial Seminar: Massimo Morelli, Columbia University

[Posted Apr 19, 2013]
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“Re-Election Through Division,” with Massimo Morelli, Columbia University. Friday, April 26, 3:40 PM-5 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

Massimo Morelli is a professor of political science and a professor of economics at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1996, has been a research fellow at the Center for Operation Research and Econometrics in 1997, has taught at Iowa State University, University of Minnesota and Ohio State University, and has been a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In economic theory, he has made contributions to coalition and network formation, market games, bargaining theory and the theory of contracts. His main political economy contributions have been on party formation, electoral systems, international organizations, legislative bargaining theory and experiments, politicians' incentives in institutional reforms and constitutional design. His most recent research projects on the rational choice approach to conflict include the role of natural resources and geography, dispute resolution mechanisms, mediation and strategic militarization. In terms of institutional design, he is working on transparency, quorum rules, separation of powers and optimal organization design in the presence of career concerns.

Friday's William Murray Memorial Seminar: John Crespi, Kansas State University

[Posted Apr 09, 2013]
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"Do Food Labels Scare You? What Your Brain Shows," with John Crespi, Kansas State University, Friday, April 19, 3:40 PM-5 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

John Crespi’s research focuses on industrial organization and product differentiation issues in food and agriculture. His interests include product quality differences that affect commodity promotion, food safety regulations, food labeling, and the competitive structure of markets. He has worked as a consultant for several commodity boards performing studies to measure the effectiveness of industry-financed generic advertising. Crespi teaches courses in agribusiness marketing and research methods, as well as a team-taught course in quantitative methods.He received an M.A. in Economics, from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1994, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural & Resource Economics, from the University of California, Davis, 2000.

Weekly Media Contacts for the Department of Economics

[Posted Apr 09, 2013]
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Dave Swenson spoke with Jennifer Jacobs, Des Moines Register, regarding President Obama's budget proposal. He also spoke with Joe Gardyasz, Des Moines Business Record, regarding the programmatic and economic success of the Iowa Power Fund, based on Swenson's critical review of their final impact report.

PhD student McFadden awarded Caine Bogle Family Graduate Fellowship

[Posted Apr 05, 2013]
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Jonathan McFadden is a third year PhD student in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, and is the recent recipient of the Caine Bogle Family Graduate Fellowship. McFadden will receive $1,000 to partially fund his graduate studies and current research in 2013.

The Caine Bogle Family Graduate Fellowship is set up through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and is awarded to students demonstrating both academic and leadership qualities.

Weekly Media Contacts for the Department of Economics

[Posted Apr 03, 2013]
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Chad Hart spoke with Neal Conan, Talk of the Nation NPR, regarding the reason farmers are planning to increase planting of corn this season.

Three Department of Economics seniors receive Wallace E. Barron award

[Posted Apr 03, 2013]
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Three of the five seniors awarded the prestigious Wallace E. Barron University Senior Award for 2013 have majors from the Department of Economics.


Those awardees include Moses Bomet, Urbandale, Iowa, who majored in economics; Szuyin Leow, Apple Valley, Minnesota, who majored in economics and Bethany Olson, Jewell, Iowa, who majored in agricultural business. Learn more about each by clicking on their names. Find the full list of awardees at: www.isualum.org/index.cfm?nodeID=7916&audienceID=1

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