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Positive social interactions "highlight" annual Ag Business Breakfast

[Posted Nov 03, 2011]
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Ag Business alumni were able to reconnect during homecoming weekend at the third annual Agricultural Business Club’s Alumni Homecoming Breakfast.

Chapter written by Huffman included in anthology on food consumption

[Posted Nov 03, 2011]
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A chapter written by Professor Wallace Huffman, Iowa State University Department of Economics, is included in the recently published anthology entitled The Oxford Handbook of The Economics of Food Consumption and Policy.

Monday's department seminar: Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago

[Posted Nov 01, 2011]
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“Credit Crises, Precautionary Savings and the Liquidity Trap,” with Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago. Monday, November 7, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

Thursday's Human Resources Workshop: In Soo Cho, Iowa State University

[Posted Nov 01, 2011]
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"Risk Aversion or Risk Management?: How Measures of Risk Aversion Affect Firm Entry and Firm Survival," with In Soo Cho, Iowa State University. Thursday, November 10, 3:40 PM to 5 PM, 468D Heady Hall.

Alums Frevert, 1960, and Catlett, 1980, receive honors from CALS

[Posted Nov 01, 2011]
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Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences presented awards at the annual Alumni Association Honors and Awards Ceremony. Two Department of Economics alumni, Jim Frevert, 1960, and Lowell Catlett, 1980, were honored.

Provost Hoffman receives honors for her work in economics

[Posted Oct 31, 2011]
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University Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman (left), a faculty member in the Department of Economics, was the recipient of several significant awards in 2011.

She was awarded the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, created in January 1998 as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Committee

Weekly media connections for the Department of Economics

[Posted Oct 31, 2011]
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Chad Hart connected with the following media contacts this week on these topics:

Thursday's Human Resources Workshop: Youngjun Kim, ISU

[Posted Oct 28, 2011]
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" Does High-Speed Internet Attract Rural Start-ups?" Younjun Kim, Iowa State University. Thursday, November 3, 3:40 PM to 5 PM, 468D Heady Hall.

Abstract: The geographic spread of broadband Internet service, which began in 1995, is widely believed to have increased firm productivity and lowered the cost of firm entry. Empirical validation of the broadband effect is complicated by the rapid deployment of high-speed Internet service in metropolitan areas.

Letter from the Chair, John Schroeter

[Posted Oct 27, 2011]
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This is my first opportunity to write a “chair’s message” for the newsletter, as I have been in the position of interim chair of the department since only this past July 1. At that time, I took over from the previous chair, GianCarlo Moschini, when he returned to his regular faculty role in the department.

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