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  • The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

    Creator:
    Crandall, Mindy S.
    Abstract:
    The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...
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    Dissertation
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    public and private harvests, along with fluctuations in the industry over the last century for Oregon

  • RINs and biofuel mandates : comparing ethanol and biodiesel markets

    Creator:
    Ainsworth, Joel H.
    Abstract:
    The United States Congress set out to increase the blending of biofuels by updating and implementing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) in 2007. The new mandate required that a combination of 36 billion gallons of ethanol, biodiesel, and cellulosic biofuel be blended annually, by 2022. To offset the cost of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Ethanol and Biodiesel Markets by Joel H. Ainsworth A THESIS submitted to Oregon

  • An investment valuation and risk assessment of high-density sweet cherry orchards

    Creator:
    West, Tyler T.
    Abstract:
    A supply and demand model for the sweet cherry industry in Wasco County, Oregon and two investment valuation models are used to value and assess the risk of investments in high-density sweet cherry orchard establishment and production from the producer perspective. The supply and demand estimation finds the cherry price...
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    Masters Thesis
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    .......................................................................... 1 The Oregon Sweet Cherry Industry

  • Bringing Fisheries and Aquaculture into Coordinated Global and Regional Assessments of Food and Nutritional Security

    Creator:
    Antle, John and Capalbo, Susan M.
    Abstract:
    Assessment studies have summarized the literature on global food security and projected impacts of climate and other major drivers of regional and global change in the 21st Century (IPCC, USDA).  Additionally, the Agricultural Model Inter-comparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) is working to develop new coordinated global and regional assessments of...
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    Presentation
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    Susan Capalbo Dept of Applied Economics Oregon State University 1 IIFET Aberdeen July 2016 2

  • Economic Analysis of A Road Usage Charge

    Creator:
    Ke, Yue
    Abstract:
    This study evaluates the distributional impacts of an alternative public roads finance method, a road usage charge (RUC) fee, on lower income households and rural households in Oregon. While previous research has relied on the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), this research will uses the 2011-2013 Oregon...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Economic Analysis of A Road Usage Charge by Yue Ke A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

  • Determinants of household vehicle miles traveled in Oregon

    Creator:
    Holder, Daniel R.
    Abstract:
    This study models the household demand for vehicle miles traveled with a focus on the effects from bicycle ridership and transit ridership. Through the use of data from the Oregon Household Activity Survey collected on behalf of the Oregon Department of Transportation, evidence is found that households participating in bicycle...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Determinants of Household Vehicle Miles Traveled in Oregon

  • Estimating a juniper biomass supply from private rangelands : the impact of distance and biotic factors on costs

    Creator:
    McCaulou, Jeff C.
    Abstract:
    Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a biomass industry based on a locally fixed source of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) feedstock. This study identifies a supply of juniper from private lands to determine how much of the available juniper is economically supplied at alternative prices...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Capalbo Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a

  • The economic value of native pollinators in regard to Oregon blueberry production

    Creator:
    Ritter, Daniel J.
    Abstract:
    Blueberry production in Oregon is highly reliant upon the ecosystem services of native pollinators, which provide as much as a quarter of the total pollination services received by Blueberry growers. However, the health of these pollinator populations may be affected in yet unforeseen ways as growers adopt new pest management...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Economic Value of Native Pollinators in Regard to Oregon Blueberry Production Abstract approved

  • Greening the grid : the cost-effectiveness of residential solar programs in Oregon

    Creator:
    Hanhan, Nadine
    Abstract:
    Oregon residents possess several options in installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. This study examines a range of options--tax credits and rebates, a volumetric incentive rate program, power purchase agreements from third-party installers, and solar leasing--and compares the cost of these options to not installing. The paper considers the problem of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Residential Solar Programs in Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nadine Hanhan for the degree of Master

  • An econometric analysis of output supply and input demand in the Oregon softwood lumber and plywood industries

    Creator:
    Guerrero Ochoa, Isabel G.
    Abstract:
    The present study employs a normalized restricted quadratic profit function approach to estimate lumber and plywood supply and Marshallian factor demand elasticities for four region-product combinations in Oregon for the period 1970-2010. The four log demand functions will be employed as the "demand side" of the log market model of...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    curvature properties to model the Oregon timber industry for four region-product combinations: 1) West