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  • Essays on technology, trade, and welfare

    Creator:
    Ruan, Jun
    Abstract:
    Technology is a key determinant of comparative advantage among nations. As information technology improves and the nations of the world become economically integrated, concern arises over the dissipation of high-income economies’ technological advantage. The three essays in this dissertation explore the trade and technology relationship, which is essential to economic...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States), and 20

  • Essays on natural endowments, conservation policy, and community characteristics

    Creator:
    Lin, Haixia
    Abstract:
    To protect and restore environmental quality, efficient and effective conservation policies are needed. Designing policies require a sound understanding of the contributions of natural endowments to economic vitality, and the performance and impacts of conservation programs. This dissertation consists of three essays, and addresses several issues relevant to these two...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    United States, and estimates the magnitude of the major components of farmland prices. These objectives

  • An economic comparison of three cattle grazing management strategies intended to improve riparian habitat and water quality

    Creator:
    Sharp, Jeffrey L.
    Abstract:
    Grazing of riparian forage by livestock may alter stream channel morphology in ways that impact nearby aquatic habitat, bank stability, vegetative cover and water quality. A number of grazing management practices have been proposed as a means to reduce the amount of time cattle spend in the riparian zone. The...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    public grazing allotments are managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and may