Two essays are focused on crop choice and the growth of corn production in
the Corn Belt and surrounding areas. The first essay develops a partially
degenerate nested logit model to examine the effect of price islands ...
This dissertation investigates the effect of endogenous and exogenous events on firm behavior and performance. These are fundamental questions in economics. The contribution of this study is threefold. First, it provides ...
This dissertation addresses three topics on the implications of firm behaviors
in creating and adopting knowledge of production, choosing international location
for production and market access, and using informative a ...
