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Otavio Bartalotti, assistant professor, has a new publication forthcoming at the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Alum Rami Maysami ('92 economics) has been named the new College of Business and Economics Dean at Cal State LA.
Sebastien Pouliot, associate professor, was interviewed for an Oct. 10 story on MPR News "As ethanol boosters celebrate sales restriction end, skeptics doubt it will help farmers."
Chad Hart, associate professor, was interviewed by several media outlets recently:
Elizabeth Hoffman, professor, and Younjun Kim, Southern Connecticut State University, have had their paper "Pre-Play Learning and the Preference Reversal Phenomenon" published in the Southern Economic Journal 2018, DOI: 10.1002/soem.12304.
Chad Hart, associate professor, will be a panelist on a forum "The Economic Impact of the Trade War on Iowa" at the University of Northern Iowa's Commons Ballroom at 7 pm Oct. 25.
A recent department Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Yu Jin, has died of cancer. He received his Ph.D. from Iowa State in economics in 2012; David Frankel was his major professor.
Dr. Ed Balistreri will head CARD’s Trade & Policy Division beginning Jan. 1, 2019.
Wendong Zhang attended the National Ag Credit and NC - 1177 joint meeting Oct. 8-10, 2018, at the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, where he was elected President-Elect for NC-1177, which is a multi-state research project sponsored by USDA focusing on agricultural and rural finance markets.
Graduate students Albulena Basha and Wendiam Sawadgo presented their research at the National Ag Credit and NC - 1177 joint meeting Oct. 8-10, 2018, at the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis. These selected presentations were on the impacts of interest rate hikes and agricultural trade uncertainty on farmland values, and landowners' decisions on conservation practices, respectively.
The Agricultural Business Club held their annual Pre-Career Day Mixer Mon., Oct. 8, in the Sukup End Zone Club. Attending were approximately 190 students and 60 representatives of 40 companies that are sponsors of the club.
David Keiser, assistant professor, had media coverage on Oct. 9 on the publication of his two recent papers on the effects of the CWA on water pollution:
Sebastien Pouliot, associate professor, was interviewed for an Oct. 8 article in the Gazette on Trump's proposed expansion of the use of E15 fuel.
Clean Water Act improves water quality, creates modest changes in housing values
David Keiser, assistant professor, has had two studies published on the environmental impacts and economic efficiency of the Clean Water Act.
Elizabeth Hoffman, professor, was interviewed for a Western Courier story on her research on the effects language and word framing can have on patent policy and entrepreneurial incentives.
David Swenson, associate scientist, was interviewed by Amy Mayer for an Oct. 8 KCUR story "It's (Not) All in the Family: Outside Help Needed as Farm Operations Grow."
Chad Hart, associate professor, appeared on Iowa Public Television's Iowa Press Oct. 5.
The Western Illinois University Department of Economics and Decision Sciences will host a presentation by renowned behavioral economist Elizabeth Hoffman at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5 in Stipes Hall, room 121.
Chad Hart, associate professor, was interviewed for a story on the impact of the new USMCA trade deal in the Oct. 1 Quad-City Times.
Dermot Hayes, professor, was interviewed for an Oct. 1 Quad-City Times article "NAFTA replacement keeps pork tariffs in place."
While Amy Emmett is out, Kelly Kyle will be here to assist Brent in keeping things running with the graduate program. Kelly will be in Amy’s office on Tuesday and Thursday approximately 1:00 – 3:00, but will be monitoring emails and fielding phone calls from her NREM office M-F.
Don't forget to check out this year's United Way Online Auction.
Friday, Sept. 28 to Monday Oct. 8
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
David Swenson, associate scientist, had several recent media contacts:
The Gazette.com, Sept. 30
Dermot Hayes, professor, and a new study by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) were cited in several media outlets Sept. 27-28:
The Agricultural Business Club was the subject of a Sept. 26 Iowa State Daily story about their tribute to slain Iowa State golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena at their annual golf outing at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames.
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