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• Announcements
• Department Seminars / Workshops
• Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Funding Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
• Papers and Presentations

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Announcements

Daylight Saving Time

Daylight saving time ends on Sunday at 2 a.m. Turn your clocks back one hour.

Retirement Reception

A reception will be held for Cindy Pease on Friday, October 31, 2:00-3:30 pm in 368A Heady Hall. Cindy is retiring after 18 years with the department.

Department Seminars / Workshops

Human Resources Workshop

Tanya Rosenblat, Iowa State University, "Performance Feedback and Confidence," Thursday, November 6, 4:00 pm, 468D Heady Hall
http://trosenblat.surveyor.nber.org/home/gender_v4.pdf

William G. Murray Memorial Lecture

Francesca Molinari, Cornell University, "Sharp Identification Regions in Games," Friday, November 7, 3:40 pm, 368A Heady Hall
http://cemmap.ifs.org.uk/wps/cwp1508.pdf

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Annual Conference of the Academy of Accounting, Finance and Economics

New Orleans, Louisiana, December 11-13, 2008
http://ocs.sfu.ca/aafe/index.php/aafe/aafe08

International Conference on Water Policy 2009

Prague, June 22-26, 2009
Abstract deadline: December 31, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/WaterConference2009.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Steven M. Teutsch Fellowship in Prevention Effectiveness Methods
Deadline: December 1, 2008
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/fellow.htm

Transportation Research Forum

Graduate Student Paper Contest
Deadline: January 1, 2009
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/2009TRF.pdf

Job Opportunities

South Dakota State University

Department Head
Extended deadline: November 15, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/SDSUDeptHeadextended.pdf

Texas A&M University

Assistant Professor, Firm Level Risk/Managerial Economics
Deadline: November 30, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/TA&MFirmLevelRisk.pdf

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Assistant Professor
Deadline: December 5, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofWisconsinEauClaireAsstProf.pdf

University of Wisconsin-Stout

Assistant Professor, two positions
Deadline: November 17, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofWisconsinStout.pdf

Papers and Presentations

Tanya Rosenblat

"Directed Altruism and Enforced Reciprocity in Social Networks," presented at the Experimental Economics Seminar, University of Pittsburgh, October 17, 2008.

"The Beauty Premium: Physical Attractiveness and Gender in Dictator Games," Negotiation Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4 (October 2008), pp. 465-481.