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  • An analysis of contingent valuation applied to air quality and public safety from crime

    Creator:
    Ahearn, Mary
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    Dissertation
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    , satisfaction is n general, unconstralued attitude about the adequacy of provision. The results Lndicatd r;hat

  • Science and technology in cutting-edge agricultural biotechnology research

    Creator:
    Xia, Yin
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    The genetic engineering made possible by the discovery of recombinant DNA has played an increasingly important role in agricultural research. The present study employs a knowledge production model to assess the efficacy of, and relationship between, basic and applied research in agricultural biotechnology, allowing for both complementarity and substitutability between...
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    Dissertation

  • Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

    Creator:
    Wang, Chenggang
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    The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly stimulated investment in life-science research. The present dissertation is aimed at evaluating the impact of US public investment on industrial investment in life-science research. The focus is on three major life-science fields: biology, medicine, and agriculture. A dynamic model of industrial R&D investment is...
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    Dissertation
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    Steven T. Buccola Yin Xia The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly

  • Essays in applied economics

    Creator:
    Nag, Sharmistha
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    My dissertation concerns two separate issues. The first issue is examined in Essay One, and the second issue is examined in Essays Two and Three. The first essay develops an economic model of the determination of the rental rate of leased farmland in the United States. Particular attention is placed...
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    Dissertation
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    : Steven T. Buccola Jeffrey J. Reimer My

  • Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

    Creator:
    Cross, Robin M.
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    Agricultural revenues, the product of stochastic prices and yields, lead to markets which are incomplete, thereby entreating and complicating economic inquiry. The following three essays explore the incomplete nature of agricultural markets and consider the implications of incompleteness for a range of policy questions and economic tools. The first essay,...
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    December 7. 2004. Title: Essays in Incomplete Agricultural Markets. Steven T. Buccola Agricultural

  • A policy preference analysis of the Tunisian wheat sector

    Creator:
    Boughanmi, Houcine
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    Governments in less developed countries have recognized in recent years the need to liberalize economic policies in order to increase efficiency in agricultural commodity markets. In an attempt to help decision makers assess alternative choices, most policy studies, however, have focused on the efficiency norm criterion without much consideration for...
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    Policy Preference Analysis of the Tunisian Wheat Sector Abstract approved: Steven T. Buccola

  • International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

    Creator:
    Rada, Nicholas E.
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    Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand, quasi-fixed and variable production factors, and agricultural productivity. Recent global food-price volatility puts a renewed spotlight on the trends and sources of any agricultural productivity growth. Because food prices’ most critical effects are on human hunger, it is especially...
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    :____________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand

  • The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

    Creator:
    Yang, Hui
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    The objectives and characteristics of university biotechnology research, including its applicability to such industries as agriculture and food processing, arise from formal and informal linkages among university scientists, public and private-nonprofit funding sources, and industry. In the present study I develop, specify, and estimate a model of the supply and...
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    Supply and Demand of University Agricultural Biotechnology Research. Abstract approved: Steven T

  • An economic analysis of occupational mobility : a case study of Oregon commercial fishermen

    Creator:
    Abbas, Leon E.
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    Dissertation
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    is the market price of a. The above a r expression may be written alternatively as: VMP

  • Essays on technology, trade, and welfare

    Creator:
    Ruan, Jun
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    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...
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    . Abstract approved: _______________________________________________________ Steven Buccola Munisamy