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  • Essays on Regional Economic Impact Assessment and Demand Analysis using Disaggregated Data

    Creator:
    Chen, Yunguang
    Abstract:
    The appropriate use of disaggregated economic data not only improves the accuracy and robustness of economic analyses, but also extends the existing economic models to address new aspects of the issue. This dissertation consists of three essays: two essays use disaggregated economic-engineering data to address spatial heterogeneity in economic losses...
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    Dissertation
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    . Yong Chen, Dr. Bruce Weber, Dr. Catherine Durham, Dr. Christian Langpap and Dr. Christopher Scaffidi

  • General Equilibrium Analysis of the U.S. Farm Bill

    Creator:
    Weerasooriya, Senal A.
    Abstract:
    The vast majority of U.S. farm bill spending goes to nutrition assistance, on the one hand, and farm safety net programs, on the other. Although these programs are a major part of federal government expenditures, controversial and governed by a common bill, they have rarely been quantitatively analyzed together. To...
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    Dissertation
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    committee members Dr. Bruce Weber, Dr. Qinglai Meng, Dr. Yong Chen, Dr. Robin Cross and Dr. Jimmy Yang for

  • Palynological Perspectives on Younger Dryas to Early Holocene Human Ecology at Paisley Caves, Oregon

    Creator:
    Saban, Chantel V.
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    The Younger Dryas climatic event is a global phenomenon associated with a 1,000 year return to glacial conditions during the late Pleistocene period between 12,800 and 11,500 cal BP. Because of its significant effects on paleoenvironmental conditions in some parts of the world, archaeologists commonly seek to assess whether the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    broader ways of approaching research problems, and to Bruce Weber from the College of Agricultural

  • Three essays on international trade and regional productivity

    Creator:
    Moon, Hanpil
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    A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing similar goods and located in a given region. International trade can affect both components of regional productivity. First, trade openness in a closed economy...
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    Dissertation
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    acknowledge Dr. Bruce A. Weber, Dr. Jeff Reimer, Dr. Christian Langpap, and Dr. Russell E. Ingham for

  • Barriers to Community Involvement across Rural and Urban Communities

    Creator:
    Torgerson, Melissa
    Abstract:
    Many communities emphasize participatory involvement in local development or reinvention efforts. Recognizing barriers among specific groups could help community leaders identify what may be constraining underrepresented groups from joining in. Utilizing data from the Social Capital Benchmark Survey, this research examined identified “barriers” to community involvement among individuals in rural...
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    Capstone Project
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    : Mark Edwards, representing Sociology Bruce Weber, representing Agricultural and

  • Strengthening Oregon's communities : Latino community leadership training

    Creator:
    Curiel, Sara
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    Latinos are less likely to be civically involved in their community than any other minority group, despite the fact that they are the biggest minority in the United States. A great concern exists over ways to effectively promote and improve this group’s participation in their community’s decision-making process [or civic...
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    Capstone Project
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    : Major Professor Bruce A. Weber Latinos are less likely to be civically involved in their community

  • The economics of forest-dependent regions

    Creator:
    Biswas, Smita
    Abstract:
    This dissertation explores two economic phenomena involving forest-dependent areas: wage distribution and migration pattern of individuals. Are forest-dependent rural areas less desirable for workers from the standpoint of labor market returns? Are different skills (e.g. education, experience) rewarded differently in these areas? If there are interregional wage differences, would that...
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    Dissertation
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    express gratitude to Dr. Munisamy Gopinath, Dr. Jeffery Reimer, Dr. Bruce Weber, and Dr. Russell E

  • Combined Collaborative Governance Approaches: A Case Study of the Blackfoot Community Conservation Area in Western Montana

    Creator:
    Sigmon, Abigail M.
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    The Blackfoot Community Conservation Area (BCCA) was created in response to a degrading natural environment coupled with a weakening community. The BCCA is a community owned 5,609-acre forest located in the heart of the Blackfoot watershed in Western Montana. Fearful of development and the creation of subdivisions, landowners banded together,...
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    Capstone Project
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    Science, School of Public Policy Bruce Weber, representing Rural Studies, Department of Applied

  • Comparing the health and healthcare needs of poor rural Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites

    Creator:
    Tatum, James Michael
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    America’s rural Hispanic population is growing at an unprecedented rate. Many of the Hispanic people that are settling in rural communities are immigrants or first generation Americans. If changes to current healthcare systems are required to accommodate the health needs of this growing, low-income rural population they have not been...
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    Honors College Thesis

  • Resilience in Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration: The Lakeview Stewardship Group’s Response to the Barry Point Fire

    Creator:
    Spaeth, Andrew D.
    Abstract:
    Congress created the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) in 2009 with the passage of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act (Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 Title IV). The purpose of the CFLRP legislation is to implement forest restoration work on national forest lands through a competitive grant program....
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    Capstone Project
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    Sociology Bruce Weber, representing Applied Economics I understand that my