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Why wolves? An analysis of private organization decision making in filing citizen suitsunder the Endangered Species Act

Creator:: Lundgren, Matthew
Abstract:: The Endangered Species Act is hailed as the “gold standard” of species conservation legislation both in the U.S. and globally. There are scarce conservation funds that we as a society can spend on the recovery of endangered species, so it is important to understand how the parties involved with this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

Creator:: Yu, Jialing
Abstract:: The publicly subsidized Federal Crop Insurance Program has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the United States. With the reform in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Federal Crop Insurance Program has become the most important component of U.S. farm policies. The primary goal of the program is to provide risk...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Valuing Coastal Risk with Revealed and Stated Preference Methods

Creator:: Hadziomerspahic, Amila
Abstract:: Developed coastlines provide a variety of recreation opportunities to coastal residents and visitors but are also the first line of defense for oceanfront development against chronic hazards like erosion and sea level rise. In the Pacific Northwest of the United States, oceanfront homes also face an additional severe but very...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Using the stock market to forecast future undesirable outcomes

Creator:: Algursan, Assem S.
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the behavior of security returns around certain events that occurred in the Saudi stock market. In the first study, we measure and analyze the reaction of security returns around a major horizontal merger that occurred in the banking industry in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Using country-level forest coverage to analyze the existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve

Creator:: Gulpen, Sam Franciscus Johannes
Abstract:: This thesis seeks to analyze the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality, in this case measured by forest cover, and analyzes whether this relationship is consistent with an Environmental Kuznets Curve. Additionally the relationship between population density and forest cover was analyzed. A simple theoretical model is derived that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Understanding the New Outdoor Recreation Paradigm in the Era of Social Media and Increasing Public Health Advisories

Creator:: Lowe Mackenzie, Ashley
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I examine emerging economic issues which intersect outdoor recreation, environmental quality, public land use, and public health advisories. First, I explore the potential impacts of social media on visitation to public land. Social media, and in particular Instagram, has been suggested by journalist and land managers as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Two Essays on the Management of the West Coast Salmon Fishery

Creator:: Vasquez-Caballero, Smit
Abstract:: The West Coast salmon fishery presents several complexities that have received little attention in the fisheries economics literature. Two of those complexities are reviewed and analyzed in this dissertation. The first, salmon fishermen participate in alternative fisheries within a season demonstrating a complex switching behavior between different species. Second, the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Two Essays on Local Government Finances in the United States

Creator:: Jung, Jaeho
Abstract:: County governments in the United States play important roles in the tax collection and public service provisions. Thus, a better understanding of the local government finances is closely related to the welfares of residents. In this dissertation, I provide two essays: in the first essay, I examine the fiscal impacts...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Three Essays on the Economics of Habitat and Landscape Restoration

Creator:: Nguyen, Tu
Abstract:: Natural landscapes around the world have experienced serious loss and degradation, which negatively impacts ecosystem service provision by these landscapes. As a result, there have been serious investments to restore natural capital. However, restoration faces complex trade-offs, such as that between restoration quality, or how closely the restored landscapes resembles...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration through forest management and afforestation

Creator:: Kim, Taeyoung
Abstract:: This dissertation consists of three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration in forests. The first essay examines private landowner response to incentives for carbon sequestration through various combinations of intermediate management practices. The second essay focuses on agricultural landowners' willingness to participate in an incentive program...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Why wolves? An analysis of private organization decision making in filing citizen suitsunder the Endangered Species Act

Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

Valuing Coastal Risk with Revealed and Stated Preference Methods

Using the stock market to forecast future undesirable outcomes

Using country-level forest coverage to analyze the existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve

Understanding the New Outdoor Recreation Paradigm in the Era of Social Media and Increasing Public Health Advisories

Two Essays on the Management of the West Coast Salmon Fishery

Two Essays on Local Government Finances in the United States

Three Essays on the Economics of Habitat and Landscape Restoration

Three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration through forest management and afforestation

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