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Causal reasoning of wildfire damage

Creator:: Kumagai, Yoshitaka
Abstract:: Attribution studies in social psychology predict that people tend to attribute the cause of natural disasters to factors associated with humans as opposed to nature per Se. The victims of natural disaster often consider natural disaster to be the result of not only natural forces but also human actions. This...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The impact of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 on Pacific Northwest wheat transportation : a spatial equilibrium analysis

Creator:: Cabeza, Felix
Abstract:: This study analyzes the impact of the 1980 Staggers Rail Act (SRA) on Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana) wheat transportation. A minimum cost uncapacitated transshipment network flow model is employed to simulate the origination and destination pattern of grain flows before (1977) and after (1985) the SRA. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Dick Johnston, for their constructive comments on my thesis; To Dr. Starr McMullen, for

The Japanese beef market in a disequilibrium econometrics framework : implications for the U.S. - Japan beef market access agreement

Creator:: Anteneh, Berhanu
Abstract:: The success of the U.S. government in persuading Japan to liberalize the beef market is viewed as a relief to the U.S. beef industry. The economic benefit (to the U.S. beef producers!) of the trade liberalization however is yet to be seen. The size of this benefit is determined, among...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: courage and energy to pursue the task to the end. Professors Richard Johnston and Steve Buccola who, as

The cyclical behaviors of agricultural farmland prices

Creator:: Cai, Deqin
Abstract:: This research studies the cyclical behavior of agricultural farmland prices in the United States with a special emphasis on how agricultural policies contribute to farmland price movement. The first stage of the study is to have a conceptual understanding of how agricultural policies affect the behavior of farmland prices. A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Johnston This research studies the cyclical behavior of agricultural farmland prices in the United States

The European union directive on packaging and packaging waste management : potential effect on seafood exporters of the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Latriche, Philippe
Abstract:: This study examines the impact on Pacific Northwest seafood exporters of the European Union Directive on packaging and packaging waste management. The study of the official text of the proposed Directive was the starting point of our analysis. This allowed us to give a presentation of the EU Directive and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with me during the two years I spent at Oregon State University. I would also like to thank Richard

How Individual Transferable Quota Programs Affect Fishing Fleets

Creator:: Clarke, Robert L. Jr.
Abstract:: Some amount of of consolidation has occurred under almost every individual quote program that has been implemented. In the most severe cases, fishing fleets have lost over 70% of their vessels. Because of the devastating impact such losses can have on fishing communities, it is vital that the potential for...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Risk analysis of alternative tillage systems in North Central Oregon dryland wheat production

Creator:: Akbari, Ahmad, 1952-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sincerely thank Drs. John Edwards, Dick Johnston, and Ed Schmisseur for serving on my graduate committee

An analysis of factors affecting resource usage in the Pacific Coast salmon fishery

Creator:: Aungurarat, Peerarat
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: are extended to Drs. Richard S. Johnston and Billy H. Wilkins for serving as members of the

A methodology for evaluating the economic impact on directed fisheries of by-catch losses in the foreign and joint-venture groundfish fisheries

Creator:: Queirolo, Lewis E.
Abstract:: The principal objective of this analysis is the development of a methodological approach that would permit a more complete evaluation of the physical and economic consequences of prohibited species by-catch (PSC) losses, such as occur in the harvest of groundfish. To achieve efficient management of the several marine species involved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study under his tutelage. Likewise, I wish to thank Dr. Richard S. Johnston for his service on my

A Monte Carlo analysis of principal components and ridge regression with application to a fisheries evaluation model

Creator:: Sass, M. E. (Mary Ellen)
Abstract:: Essential to the testing of propositions in economic theory is the estimation of the parameters involved in relationships among economic variables. Probably the most widely used method of estimation is ordinary least squares (OLS). However, severe multicollinearity or near linear dependence of the explanatory variables can cause the OLS estimates...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in this thesis. Also, I wish to thank Dr. Richard Johnston, Dr. Charles Warren, and Dr. Donald

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Causal reasoning of wildfire damage

The impact of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 on Pacific Northwest wheat transportation : a spatial equilibrium analysis

The Japanese beef market in a disequilibrium econometrics framework : implications for the U.S. - Japan beef market access agreement

The cyclical behaviors of agricultural farmland prices

The European union directive on packaging and packaging waste management : potential effect on seafood exporters of the Pacific Northwest

How Individual Transferable Quota Programs Affect Fishing Fleets

Risk analysis of alternative tillage systems in North Central Oregon dryland wheat production

An analysis of factors affecting resource usage in the Pacific Coast salmon fishery

A methodology for evaluating the economic impact on directed fisheries of by-catch losses in the foreign and joint-venture groundfish fisheries

A Monte Carlo analysis of principal components and ridge regression with application to a fisheries evaluation model

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