The fall 2012 Department of Economics Alumni Update is now available online. Read profiles of alumni including Ann Fields, president of William Penn University, John Primus, retired agricultural lender and faculty member at California State University, and Ben Malin, senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

"Certified to Migrate: Property Rights and Migration in Rural Mexico," with Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, University of Toronto. Thursday, December 6, 3:40 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

Marco Gonzalez-Navarro is an assistant professor at University of Toronto and a J-PAL affiliate. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and his B.A. from ITAM. Before taking up his position in Toronto, he was a Robert Wood Johnson scholar in health policy research at the University of California-Berkeley. His research interests are development economics, and his work has focused on infrastructure, crime, health and migration.

William Edwards, professor of economics, was the coordinator for a recent ISU Extension and Outreach workshop entitled “Insuring Iowa’s Agriculture.”  In its 12th year, the annual workshop offers educational sessions for crop insurance agents and insurance company representatives. Chad Hart, grain Extension economist, was a presenter along with other ISU faculty.

With the deadline of the fiscal cliff looming, Joydeep Bhattacharya, professor of economics, commented on the economic impact of a potential impasse between Democrats and Republicans. Read more in this November 15 Iowa State Daily article by Thaddeus Mast at: http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_037c476e-2f71-11e2-9310-0019b...