News and Events
Economics News
Friday, January 26, 2007
In This Newsletter
- Announcements
- Roster Updates
- Department Seminars / Workshops
- Conferences and Calls for Papers
- Funding Opportunities
- Job Opportunities
- Papers and Presentations
Newsletter Archives
Current News
- Announcements
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It's a Girl!
Congratulations to Li Yu and Na Jin on the birth of Fiona Jin born Monday, January 22, at 11:06 p.m. weighing 8 lbs., 9 oz., and 21 inches long.
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Third Floor Conference Rooms
If you have been avoiding using the small conference rooms on third floor (368B and 368C) due to the absence of whiteboards, please note that one blackboard in each room has been converted to a whiteboard.
- Roster Updates
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Left ISU
Carola Grebitus
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New
Frayne Olson, Scientist, 467 Heady, 294-6271, frayneo@iastate.edu
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Office Moves
Murali Kuchibhotla, 75 Heady, 294-5452
Suman Majumdar, B4 Curtiss, 294-4864 - Department Seminars / Workshops
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Department Seminar
Koleman Strumpf, University of Kansas, "Manipulating Political Stock Markets: A Field Experiment and a Century of Observational Data," Friday, January 26, 4:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/calendar/papers/Strumpf.pdf -
Department Seminar
Charles H. Whiteman, University of Iowa, "Robustifying Shiller: Do Stock Prices Move Enough to Be Justified by Subsequent Changes in Dividends?" Monday, January 29, 4:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/calendar/papers/Whiteman.pdf -
Agricultural Economics Workshop
Nick Paulson, CARD, "Get a GRIP: Should Area Revenue Coverage Be Offered Through the Farm Bill or as a Crop Insurance Program?" Thursday, February 1, 3:40 pm, 368A Heady Hall
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/calendar/papers/Paulson-paper-Feb1,200707wp440.pdf - Conferences and Calls for Papers
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2007 Agricultural Outlook Forum
Agriculture at the Crossroads: Energy, Farm & Rural Policy
Arlington, Virginia, March 1-2, 2007
http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/ -
International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries
Ghent, Belgium, June 4-6, 2007
Registration deadline: March 30, 2007
http://www.rrbconference.com/ -
National Bureau of Economic Research
Summer Institute 2007
Abstract deadline: January 31, 2007
http://www.nber.org/callforpapers/call_si07.html -
Stanford Institute in Theoretical Economics (SITE) Summer 2007 Workshop
Deadline: March 2, 2007
http://www.stanford.edu/group/SITE/call_for_papers_2007.html - Funding Opportunities
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Bailey Research Career Development Award
Deadline: March 9, 2007
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/guidelines/bailey.html -
Competition Policy Associates (COMPASS)
The Compass Prizes
Submission deadline: February 12, 2007
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/CompassPrizes.pdf -
Food Distribution Research Society
William Applebaum Memorial Scholarship
Application deadline: June 1, 2007
http://fdrs.ag.utk.edu/applebaum.html -
Higher Education for Development
U.S. - Mexico Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Partnership Initiative
Deadline: March 23, 2007
http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/212/itemid/61/TIES-US--Mexico-University-Partnerships.aspx -
Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, ISU
Research Grant Development Awards for New Faculty
Department deadline: February 28, 2007
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/guidelines/researchgrantdev.html - Job Opportunities
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Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, USDA
Deputy Administrator for Plant and Animal Systems
Deadline: March 5, 2007
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=52439488&AVSDM=2007%2D01%2D16+00%3A01%3A02&Logo=0&q=Deputy+Administrator+for+Plant+and+Animal+Systems&FedEmp=N&jbf574=AG22&brd=3876&vw=d&ss=0&FedPub=Y&caller=/a9csrees.asp&SUBMIT1.x=60&SUBMIT1.y=15&SUBMIT1=Search+for+Jobs -
Mount Olive College
Director, Agribusiness Center
http://www.moc.edu/dloads/pdf/POSITIONANNOUNCEMENTforMOC_ABCDirector-Web9.pdf -
Seoul National University
Visiting Professor (Assistant/Associate/Full)
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=5161 -
The Ohio State University
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Affairs, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Deadline: March 15, 2007
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/OSUDean.pdf -
University of Florida
Assistant Professor
Deadline: April 1, 2007
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofFlorida.pdf - Papers and Presentations
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Wallace E. Huffman
(with G. Norton, G. Traxler, G. Frisvold, and J. Foltz) "Winners and Losers: Formula versus Competitive Funding of Agricultural Research," Choices 21(4), 4th Quarter 2006, pp. 269-274.