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Juan Murguia

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Murguia, Juan
Graduate Assistant

Contact Information

Iowa State University
75 Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-5452
murguia@iastate.edu

Education

  • Agronomist, Universidad de la Republica del Uruguay, 2001

Research Interests

Agricultural, Environmental, Financial, and Experimental Economics, Education and Social Networks.

Curriculum Vitae:

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Awards and Honors

  • CELT Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute 2012. Iowa State University.
  • Earl O. Heady Fellowship 2007. Department of Economics, Iowa State University
  • Fulbright Scholarship 2007. (Declined)
  • Organization of American States (UN) Scholarship 2007 (Declined)
Graduate Assistant

Juan Murguia is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, where he studies agricultural, environmental and financial economics, as well as applied microeconometrics. His research assesses the effect of animal infectious diseases on market efficiency, the impact of environmental news on stock markets, and the effect of peers on education. Born in Uruguay, South America, he holds an agricultural engineering degree from Universidad de la Republica, where he was assistant professor of agricultural economics for six years. He has also worked on rural development for the Inter-American Development Bank and on beef market competition for the General Trade Commission of the Uruguayan Ministry of Economics.

He will be attending the ASSA annual meetings in San Diego.

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