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Otavio Bartalotti, assistant professor, presented the paper, "Identifying Marginal Treatment Effects in the Presence of Sample Selection," co-authored with Desire Kedagni and Vitor Possebom:
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Bertan Turhan, assistant professor, presented his paper, "Designing Matching Mechanisms for India with Comprehensive Affirmative Action Constraints," at two recent conferences:
At the invited Market Design Session in the Southern Economic Association Conference on November 25, 2019.
Chad Hart, associate professor, was quoted in a Dec. 12 Marketplace.org story, "These are the states benefiting the most from the $28 billion farm bailout."
Gary Lyn, assistant professor, presented his paper, "Grounded by Gravity: A Well-Behaved Model with Industry-Level Economies of Scale," at an invited session on Globalization and Productivity at the Southern Economic Association Conference on November 25, 2019.
The Department of Economics hosted its annual holiday party on Weds., Dec. 11, 2019 in 368A Heady Hall.
Many faculty, staff and friends seized the opportunity to gather and celebrate the holidays and end of semester, and to enjoy a delicious lunch.
Congratulations to second year Ph.D. student Timothy "Jake" Smith and Lauren Johnson, who were married Saturday, Dec. 7, in Des Moines!
At his 2019 Iowa State University Land Value Survey press conference Wednesday, Dec. 11, Wendong Zhang, assistant professor for CARD, announced that Iowa farmland value grew 2.3% in 2019, barely exceeding inflation. The press conference, held at 10 a.m.
Dermot Hayes, professor was quoted in a Dec. 10 Quad-City Times story, "Ag community hopeful USMCA trade deal developments lead to bill signing."
David Swenson, associate scientist, was quoted in a Dec. 10 Quad-City Times story, "Ag community hopeful USMCA trade deal developments lead to bill signing."
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Christopher Pudenz, second year Ph.D. student, was chosen to receive the 2019 Tim Galm Graduate Scholarship in Agricultural Economics. The $5,000 scholarship rewards promising Department of Economics graduate students with a focus on Agricultural Economics.
A study published by Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor, was cited in a story, "More ag banks slide into red as trade war drags on," on Americanbanker.com on Dec. 5, 2019.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a Dec. 5, 2019, Ag News Feed story, "Japan pushes trade deal through; U.S. red meat to get improved access."
If you are planning to submit funding requests for your research and other projects before the end of the year or in early January, please let Lisa Stephany know as soon as you can. She is available to assist all economics faculty and staff (both CALS and LAS) with their external funding needs for research and projects.
Research done by David Swenson, associate scientist, was cited in a Nov. 27 Time magazine story, "They're Trying to Wipe Us Off the Map.' Small American Farmers Are Nearing Extinction."
Helen Jensen, emeritus professor, was quoted in a Nov. 29 High Plains Public Radio story, "Some States Would Gain, Others Lose Under Proposed Changes to SNAP."
The trade conflict had exposed the danger of China’s dependence on US imports, said Zhang Wendong, an assistant economics professor at Iowa State University, according to a Nov. 30 South China Morning Post story, "China fears trade conflicts, climate change could pose threat to food security."
A special Nov. 25 Successful Farming story highlights how Dermot Hayes, professor, was instrumental in promoting the acceptance of contract hog feeding in Iowa in the late 1980s.
From a Nov. 26 story in MSN, Money:
The National Pork Producers Council released the forecast on Tuesday as they pressed the Trump administration to emphasize access for pork products in ongoing talks with Beijing for a partial trade agreement.
Assistant Professor Wendong Zhang was quoted in the Nov. 20 National Interest Online blog article, "MSNBC/Washington Post Debate: Democrats Will Battle Over These Important Economic Issues."
Faculty:
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Associate scientist David Swenson talked with the following reporters:
Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio, about Iowa’s ag machinery manufacturing sector and the degree to which poor ag-sector profits explain recent layoffs.
Alejandro Plastina, assistant professor, and Wendiam Sawadgo, 5th year Ph.D. student, presented on Farmland Ownership and Environmental Impacts at the Annual Agriculture Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Wednesday, November 20, 2019.
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