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R&D investment and productivity in the U.S. and Canadian food processing sectors

Creator:: Chan-Kang, Connie
Abstract:: Increased competition brought about by trade liberalization has raised the stakes for improving productivity in U.S. and Canadian food processing. A key element of productivity growth is technological change, which in turn results from R&D investment. The present study employs an econometric model to assess rates of technological change and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Master of Science in Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on October 21M 1997. Title: R&D

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

Creator:: Ahearn, Mary
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Valuation Response 128 APPENDIX C: WTP and WTA Survey Questions 130 APPENDIX D: Sampling Scheme, Sample

Science and technology in cutting-edge agricultural biotechnology research

Creator:: Xia, Yin
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

Creator:: Wang, Chenggang
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Steven T. Buccola Yin Xia The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly

International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

Creator:: Rada, Nicholas E.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: :____________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand

Agricultural price and export policy : the 1980 coffee marketing reform in El Salvador

Creator:: Perez-Rivas, Guillermo
Abstract:: Searching for suitable measures to solve internal economic problems and promote economic development, many third world countries have switched from competitive to government-controlled trade of their agricultural staples. Such government intervention has failed in many LDCs and researchers have formulated models and made suggestions to alleviate the resulting distortions. Modelling...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : / Steven T. Buccola Searching for suitable measures to solve internal economic problems and promote

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

Creator:: Abbas, Leon E.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES Appendix A: Appendix B: Appendix C: Appendix D: Appendix E: Appendix F

A policy preference analysis of the Tunisian wheat sector

Creator:: Boughanmi, Houcine
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Policy Preference Analysis of the Tunisian Wheat Sector Abstract approved: Steven T. Buccola

Social welfare-optimal policy rules : application to the Zimbabwe corn industry

Creator:: Sukume, Chrispen
Abstract:: Government intervention in food grain markets is a common feature of most LDCs. Inasmuch as liberalizing markets is difficult for some of these governments, researchers have offered suggestions to reduce detrimental affects of intervention. The general advice for pricing policy has been for governments to set prices at c.i.f. or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Welfare-Optimal Policy Rules: Application to the Zimbabwe Corn Industry Abstract approved: Steven T

Migration and economic change in timber-reliant counties : an econometric analysis

Creator:: Owen, Linda P.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: demand for its product will increase output and consequently the demand for labor. Curve D in Figure 1

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R&D investment and productivity in the U.S. and Canadian food processing sectors

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

Science and technology in cutting-edge agricultural biotechnology research

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

Agricultural price and export policy : the 1980 coffee marketing reform in El Salvador

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

A policy preference analysis of the Tunisian wheat sector

Social welfare-optimal policy rules : application to the Zimbabwe corn industry

Migration and economic change in timber-reliant counties : an econometric analysis

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