Congratulations to MAJ Rob Dyer for his selection as the Seattle Mariner's representative to the the People Magazine / Major League Baseball "Tribute to Heroes" at the all-star game next week.

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130710&content_id=53344476&notebook_id=53360114&vkey=notebook_sea&c_id=sea

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Robert Dyer, a decorated combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, has been selected by fans to represent the Mariners in the MLB and People Magazine's "Tribute for Heroes" initiative that will be part of the All-Star festivities next week in New York.

Professor Karen Thierfelder has been awarded a 2013-16 Research Fellowship by the Global Trade Analysis Project. Congratulations!

https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/network/fellow_list.asp

Individuals are awarded the GTAP Research Fellow distinction in recognition of their significant contribution to the development of GTAP through: contributions to the GTAP Data Base contributions to the development of GTAP Models and software, outstanding research using the GTAP Data Ba...

Congratulations to Professor Pamela Schmitt on her recent publication in the Journal of Socio-Economics on cooperation limitations in public goods games!

We examine the impact of one-time threats of expulsion and punishment on voluntary contributions in a public goods game. Participants played in 15-round sessions where they were allowed to vote to remove other subjects only after round 5 and in one design also voted whether to punish the remaining s...