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World Food Prize Laureate Pinstrup-Andersen to present lecture on food policy

[Posted Oct 07, 2011]
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The 2011 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen (pictured left) will present a lecture entitled “Urgent and Emerging Food Policy Challenges and Opportunities” on Wednesday, October 12, from 10 AM to 11 AM in the Gallery of the ISU Memorial Union. Interim Department of Economics Chair John Schroeter will introduce Pinstrup-Andersen.

Per Pinstrup-Andersen is the H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University. He is past Chairman of the Science Council of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and Past President of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA).

Student seminars this week

[Posted Oct 07, 2011]
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Yu Jin will present a Macro/Financial Economics Workshop entitled "Bank Monitoring and the Secondary Market for Loans," on Wednesday, October 12, from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm in 468D Heady Hall.


Nathan Kaufman will present an Ag Econ Workshop on Friday, October 14th, from 3:40 pm - 5:00 pm in 368A Heady Hall.

1943 Oleo/Butter Controversy detailed in new department display

[Posted Oct 07, 2011]
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"The 1943 Oleomargarine/Butter Controversy: A simple question of a better spread?" is the title of a new display located on the second floor of the Department of Economics. The display details a series of events that took place in 1943, which brought the  issue of academic freedom into focus for the department, the university, and agricultural interests in the state. Historic tensions between dairy farmers and manufacturers of oleomargarine came to a head, resulting in the voluntary resignation of former Department Chair T.W. Schultz (pictured right) and many other prominent economists in the department.

The display houses artifacts, correspondence, and photos, courtesy of University Archives. Learn more by visiting the second floor!

Friday's George A. Fuller Lecture: Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh

[Posted Sep 29, 2011]
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"Gender Differences in Bargaining Outcomes: A Field Experiment on Discrimination," with Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh, Friday, October 7th, 3:40 pm - 5:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Lise Vesterlund earned her PhD in economics at the University of Wisconsin. She is an Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, and her areas of research include public economics, experimental economics, and applied microeconomics. She is the coeditor of the Journal of Public Economics, the associate editor of the American Economic Review, and a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Thursday's Human Resources Workshop: Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College

[Posted Sep 29, 2011]
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"The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage and Provider Reimbursement on Access to Dental Care," Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College, October 6, 3:40 pm - 5:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Monday's seminar: Dan Phaneuf, North Carolina State University

[Posted Sep 29, 2011]
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"The micro foundations of macro sorting models," Dan Phaneuf, North Carolina State University, October 3rd, 2011 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm, 368A Heady Hall


Dan Phaneuf is a Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University, and the Associate Director of NCSU’s Center for Environmental and Resource Economics and Policy (CEnREP). Phaneuf received his PhD in economics from Iowa State University in 1997 and his undergraduate degree from Saint John’s University in Minnesota. He is currently the Managing Editor for the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

Concord Coalition "Fiscal Solutions" Tour, Thursday September 29

[Posted Sep 22, 2011]
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The Fiscal Solutions Tour is designed to help Americans think constructively about how to build a stronger economic future by meeting the challenges of unsustainable budget policies. Cutting through the usual partisan rhetoric, ideological divides and political smoke screens to focus on the positive: Where do we go from here? What key decisions need to be made in the not-too-distant future? How can reforms lead to a brighter future?

Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 7 PM, Sun Room, Memorial Union

Babcock named Iowa State’s Cargill Chair and leader of the Biobased Industry Center

[Posted Sep 22, 2011]
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Bruce Babcock (pictured left) will be Iowa State's next Cargill Endowed Chair in Energy Economics and director of the university's Biobased Industry Center. Babcock has been with Iowa State's economics department since 1990 and has directed the university's Center for Agricultural and Rural Development since 1998.

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


State won't gain financially through 2012 Iowa caucuses, says new report by Swenson

[Posted Sep 21, 2011]
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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/


Weekly media connections for the Department of Economics

[Posted Sep 21, 2011]
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Information courtesy of Jackie King, ISU News Service.

Bruce Babcock spoke to a producer with 60 Minutes for background on ethanol mandates, how they were set up in theory and how they have worked in practice. The producer, for correspondent Steve Kroft, will call back if there is need for further background or an interview.

Babcock spoke to reporters about the Obama administration's plan to reduce agricultural subsidies to help cut the federal deficit. Reporters included Philip Brasher of Gannett, Gene Lucht of Iowa Farmer Today, and a reporter from the Arkansas Gazette.

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