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Wednesday's Department Seminar: "The Political Economy of OPEC," with Gal Hochman, University of California, Berkeley

[Posted Apr 20, 2011]
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Gal Hochman, after receiving his Ph.D. in Economics at Columbia University in 2004, joined the Faculty of Indstrial Engineering and Management at the Technion, Israel. Since September 2007, he is visiting UC Berkeley. Gal works on trade agreements, energy, the environment, and biotechnology. While Gal’s research on trade agreements sheds new light on the economics of multilateral trade agreements, and shows how uncertainty affects the enforceability of these self-enforcing agreements.

Thursday's Behavioral/Experimental Workshop: "Team Diversity and Investment Decision Making Behavior" with Vicki Bogan, Cornell University

[Posted Apr 14, 2011]
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Vicki Bogan's research interests are in the areas of financial economics, behavioral finance, and applied microeconomics centering on issues involving investment decision making behavior and financial markets.

Weekly media connections for the Department of Economics:

[Posted Apr 14, 2011]
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Information courtesy of Jackie King, ISU News Service

Student seminars this week

[Posted Apr 13, 2011]
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  • Ruiqing Miao will present an Agricultural Economics Workshop/Econ 693 on the topic "Investment in Cellulosic Biofuel Refineries: Do Biofuel Mandates Matter?" on Wednesday, April 20, 4:10 - 5:30 pm, 368A Heady Hall.

    "Active engagement" is focus for new GSB President (Ag Econ/Econ major) Hoben

    [Posted Apr 13, 2011]
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    Ag Business/Economics major Dakota Hoben was recently voted Government of the Student Body President for the 2011-2012 school year.


    Hoben, a senior who served in the student Senate for two years, and says that the focus for his coming term will be on "active engagement" with the student body.

    Economics students to discuss national debt with Concord Coalition experts

    [Posted Apr 13, 2011]
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    A group of economics students from Iowa's three public universities will discuss the nation's ballooning federal debt with a panel of esteemed economists being brought to campus by The Concord Coalition on April 13 at the University of Iowa. Read more about this through a news release from the University of Iowa News Services.

    Tuesday's Department Seminar: "The Role of Exclusive Licensing in Diffusion of Academic Patented Inventions," with Kyriakos Drivas, University of California, Berkeley

    [Posted Apr 12, 2011]
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    Kyriakos Drivas will complete his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California-Berkeley. The focus of his dissertation has been on the management of university technologies, and descriptive findings have been published by the National Academy of Sciences.

    Monday's Department Seminar:"Consumer Valuation of Safety Labeled Chicken: Results of a Field Experiment in Ha Noi," with Jennifer Ifft, University of California Berkeley

    [Posted Apr 12, 2011]
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    Jennifer Ifft is a PhD Candidate in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at the University of California Berkeley. She grew up in central Illinois, where her family still operates a grain and hog farm.

    Student seminars this week

    [Posted Apr 08, 2011]
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    • Yuan Li will present an Agricultural Economics Workshop/Econ 693 Presentation entitled: “A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade,” on Tuesday, April 12, 3:40-5pm,468D Heady Hall.
    • Zheng Xu will present a Financial Economics Workshop/Econ 693 Presentation entitled: “Some Reasons to Smile: Re-explaining the Implied Volatilities,” on Wednesday, April 13, 4:10-5:30pm, 368A Heady Hall.

    Murray moderates dialogue on Israeli-Palestinian peace process

    [Posted Apr 08, 2011]
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    John Murray, the son of William (Bill) Murray, a CALS faculty member who served as head of the Department of Economics and Sociology at Iowa State from 1943 to 1955, moderated a dialogue on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process on April 5, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. John Murray is an external adviser to the Palestinian Negotiation Support Unit. William Murray and his wife, Alice, played an instrumental role in making Living History Farms a reality in the 1960s.

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