This research has addressed an area of outdoor recreation economics which presents difficulties in estimation of demand and valuation. The focus was on visitors to three Columbia River fish
hatcheries, and the net benefits realized from partaking in the recreational/educational experience which fish hatcheries offer. Three characteristics of the recreation...
The United States invests tens of billions of dollars in higher
education each year. This had led many researchers to estimate the
marginal and average rates of return to these expenditures. Past
works, however, have been partial in scope. That is, they have
counted only the benefits of higher education...
The performance of the meat products industry, the largest food processing sector in the U.S. in terms of shipment value, is an important issue. A key indicator of its performance is productivity growth, which results in reduction in the cost of production at given input prices. The present study employs...
The source and nature of permit value and the federal grazing fee debate motivated this dissertation research. There is little doubt that federal grazing permits have value throughout the western United States, but the source of permit value is unclear. A traditional explanation focuses on the capitalized differential between the...
In November 1990, Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 5,
placing an ultimate ceiling on local property tax rates of 1.5% of
market value (excluding specific levies for capital expenditure). Any
resulting shortfalls in local education revenues are to be made up by
transfers from state funds, at the expense of...
Visual estimation techniques were used to quantify habitat characteristics,
habitat type (pool, riffle) use and longitudinal distribution of steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss), cutthroat trout (0. clarki), and coho salmon (0. kisutch)
in spring, summer and fall in 8.8 km of Cummins Creek, a basin in the central coast
of Oregon. Fish...