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Calendar of Events:
September 5
September 8
September 18
September 29
October 6
October 23
October 25
October 27
December 1
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Seminar - 10:30, KRAN 661: Dr. Massoud Karshenas “Global Poverty Estimates and the Millennium Goals: Towards a Unified Framework”
Seminar – 3:30 pm, KRAN 661: Dr. Scherr “Select Colossal Changes Impacting the Global Economy, the U.S. and American Agriculture” Reception to follow.
Last day to drop/add a class (course not recorded)
Seminar: 3:45, KRAN 661: Dr. David Bessler “On Observational Data, Algorithms of Inductive Causation and Economics”
Seminar: 3:45, KRAN 661: Dr. Finn Tarp, University of Copenhagen, “Development and Aid”
Seminar: 3:45, KRAN 661: Dr. Aaron Smith, UC, Davis, “Volatility Dynamics of NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Prices”
Last day to drop/add – Advisor and Instructor signature required
Brown Bag Lunch/Seminar, Noon, KRAN 661: Rick Brock, Brock and Associates, “The Past, Present, and Future of Ag Marketing”
Seminar: 3:45, KRAN 661: Dr. Elena Irwin, The Ohio State University, TBA
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Congratulations and Names in the News:
Welcome to the new Graduate Students:
Master of Science
Ben Arjomandi - Purdue University
Katherine Baldwin - American University
Amelie Belanger - Laval University
Sarah Brechbill - Georgetown University
Vanessa DeVeau - University of Florida
Morgan Easton - Lincoln University, New Zealand
Liesel Grauberger - Colorado State University
Quintrell Hollis - Alabama A&T University
Brandon Hollas - Texas A&M University
Todd Hubbs - Southwest Missouri State University
Chewe Nkonde - University of Zambia
Anthony Oliver - California State – Chico
Jong Won Park - Seoul National University
Micah Pope - University of Illinois
Justin Quear- Purdue University
Della Serna - Texas A&M University
Mahesh Srinivasan - Iowa State University
Monika Verma - University of Delhi
Doctor of Philosophy
Syam Ambadipudi University of Hyderabad
Jason Brown Purdue University
Metin Cakir Turkey/University of Maine
Csilla Lakatos Romania/Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Kosuke Tamura Japan/Ohio University
David Perkis Purdue University
Harold Valera University of the Philippines
Zhijun Yang China/Mississippi State University
Thought you would like to know:
Otto Doering will be facilitating the Purdue APLS policy program September 11-15 in Washington , D.C. and also will be speaking at the Ohio State Farm Science Review Sept. 19 th .
Janet Ayres participated in the International Community Development Society conference held in St. Louis , MO , June 25-28, 2006. Dr. Ayres received the organization's Achievement Award for her work.
Raymond Florax was recently named External Fellow of the Mansholt Graduate School at Wageningen Agricultural University , Wageningen, The Netherlands ( http://www.sls.wau.nl/mi/mgs/index.htm ). Dr. Florax as also appointed as member of the Internal Executive Committee of the Center for the Environment at Purdue University.
The Center for Global Trade Analysis:
Is hosting a visitor from CEPII, Paris France : Christophe Gouell
Judy Conner retired as Administrative Assistant to the Center for Global Trade Analysis Center after 15 years at Purdue University . Judy returned to Iowa to be close to family and friends.
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers:
Dr. Florax presented at the following conferences:
“Technological Leadership, Human Capital and Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometric Analysis for US Counties, 1969–2003”, with Valerien O. Pede and Henri L.F. de Groot, paper presented at International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics held in Rome, Italy, 25–27 May 2006, and the Mid-Continental Regional Science Association 37th Annual Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 8–10 June 2006.
“Geographical and Institutional Determinants of Economic Growth: A Spatio-Temporal Simultaneous Equation Approach” with Guyslain K. Ngeleza and William A. Masters, paper presented at International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics held in Rome, Italy, 25–27 May 2006.
“Spatial Statistics and Econometrics: The Interface Between GIS/RS and Spatial Modeling”, keynote lecture at Dag voor Statistiek en Besliskunde, Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 14 June 2006.
“Economic Valuation of Flood Risk: A Spatial Hedonic Property Value Model of the 1993 Meuse River Flooding in The Netherlands” with Vanessa E. Daniel and Piet Rietveld, paper presented at: Seminar Betrouwbaarheid van Infrastructuren, Transport Research Stimulation (TRS) Programme, Delft, The Netherlands, 22 June 2006.
“Improving Farm Management Decision Making: Experiences From Spatial Analysis Of Yield Monitor Data From Field-Scale On-Farm Trials” with T.W. Griffin and J.M. Lowenberg-DeBoer, paper presented at: Eighth International Conference on Precision Agriculture and other Precision Resources Management, Minneapolis, 23–26 July 2006 and “Use Of Cross Regression To Model Local Spatial Autocorrelation In Precision Agriculture” with T.W. Griffin and J.M. Lowenberg-DeBoer.
Wubeneh, N . and S. Ehui, 2006. Measurement and Sources of Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Dairy Farmers in the Central Ethiopian Highlands. Poster presented at the 26 th conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Gold Coast , Australia , 12-18 August 2006.
Raymond Florax will give the keynote address on “Modeling knowledge externalities and technological leadership in regional economic growth models' at the ADRES International Conference, Networks of Innovation and Spatial analysis of Knowledge Diffusion, Jean Monnet University , Saint-Etienne , France , September 14-15, 2006.
Grant, J.H., Hertel, T. W. and T.F. Rutherford. “Extending GE Analysis to the Tarif Line: Analyzing the Impacts Reforming Dairy Trade”, presented to the 9 th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 15, 2006.
Grant, J.H., Hertel, T. W. and T.F. Rutherford. “Extending GE Analysis to the Tariff Line: Analyzing the Impacts Reforming Dairy Trade”, presented to the Australian Productivity Commission, Melbourne , Australia , August 11, 2006.
Grant, J.H., Hertel, T. W. and T.F. Rutherford. “Extending GE Analysis to the Tariff Line: Analyzing the Impacts Reforming Dairy Trade”, invited panel presentation at the meetings of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Brisbane , Australia , August 14, 2006.
Hertel, T.W. and M. Ivanic. “Understanding the Poverty Implications of the Doha Development Agenda”, presentation to the Poverty and Economic Policy Conference, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia June 19, 2006.
Hertel, T.W. and M. Ivanic. “Understanding the Poverty Implications of the Doha Development Agenda”, presentation to the Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, August 14, 2006.
J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, “Adoption and Economics of Precision Agriculture,” invited lecture at the Research Center for Precision Agriculture, China Agricultural University , Bejing , China , August 5, 2006.
Publications:
Tahirou Abdoulaye and John H. Sanders, New Technologies, Marketing Strategies and Public Policy for Traditional Food Crops: Millet in Niger , available online at www.sciencedirect.com .
Elbehri, A. and T.W. Hertel, 2006. “A Comparative Analysis of the EU-Morocco FTA vs. Multilateral Trade Liberalization,” Journal of Economic Integration 21(3), September.
Hertel, T. W. and M. Ivanic, 2006. “Making the Doha Development Agenda More Poverty-friendly: The Role of South-South Trade,” Review of Agricultural Economics 28(3):354-361. Job Announcements:
University of Kentucky : Extension Dairy Systems – Assist Prof
Kansas State University : Extension Associate assigned to the Office of Local Government
Purdue Extension Service: www.ces.purdue.edu/careers/
Career and Job Sites on the Internet:
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