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• Department Seminars / Workshops
• External Seminars / Workshops
• Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Job Opportunities

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Announcements

Hallam and Eathington to Serve on Iowa Council of Economic Advisors

Arne Hallam and Liesl Eathington have been named by Governor Chet Culver to the Iowa Council of Economic Advisors.
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/news_detail.php?var1=311

Kliebenstein to Receive Faculty of the Year Award

Congratulations to Jim Kliebenstein who was chosen by the students of Iowa State to receive the Faculty of the Year Award in the College of Agriculture. He will be recognized, along with the other nominees, at a Faculty Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union beginning at 5:30 p.m., with refreshments to follow. Others nominated from the department include Terry Alexander, Ron Deiter, Arne Hallam, Dermot Hayes, Robert Jolly, Ebby Luvaga, and Peter Orazem.

Department Seminars / Workshops

Human Resources Workshop

Kyrre Rickertsen, Norwegian Life Sciences University, Oslo, "The Effects of Taxes on Purchases of Vegetables, Soft Drinks, Milk, and Candy: A Quantile Regression Approach," Tuesday, April 17, 4:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall.

William G. Murray Memorial Seminar

Bruce Weinberg, Ohio State University, "Creative Careers: The Life Cycles of Nobel Laureates in Economics," Monday, April 16, 4:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11799.pdf

Human Resources Workshop

Matt Rousu, Susquehanna University, "Estimating the Welfare Loss from Inferior Labels Using Experimental Auctions: An Application to Fair Trade Labeling," Friday, April 13, 12:00 pm, 368A Heady Hall

Agricultural Economics Workshop

Li Yu, ISU, Testing the Complementarity and Substitutability among Multiple Technologies: The Case of U.S. Hog Farms, Thursday, April 19, 3:40 5:00 p.m., 368A Heady Hall
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/LiYu-April19,2007-paper.pdf

External Seminars / Workshops

BRT Research Symposium

Dr. James J. Foster, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, "Improving Corn Utilization Efficiency," Wednesday, April 18, 4:10 pm, 1951 Food Sciences Bldg.
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/BRTSymposium.pdf

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Econometrics Group

St. Louis, Missouri, October 12-13, 2007
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/MEG2007.pdf

Teaching Techniques that Promote Active Learning

Poster proposal deadline: May 15, 2007
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/AEACEE/Poster_Session_Call_2008.htm

Job Opportunities

Columbia University

Lecturers, Economics (micro and macro)
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=5434

Library of Congress

Specialist, Agricultural Economics
Deadline: May 4, 2007
http://jsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=56014328