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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
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    of Master of Science in Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on October 21M 1997. Title: R&D

  • 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
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    Steven T. Buccola Yin Xia The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly

  • The economics of a research program : knowledge production, cost, and technical efficiency

    Creator:
    Qin, Lin
    Abstract:
    Calls continually are made to provide economic assessments of research program achievements and efficiency. Yet little effort has been given to develop an assessment framework that would focus on the research discovery itself, treating the research manager as a producer and the research technology as a knowledge production function. The...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Calls continually are made to provide economic assessments of research

  • 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...
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    Dissertation
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    :____________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand

  • Essays on nursery labor, sales contracts, and price discovery

    Creator:
    Li, Cheng
    Abstract:
    Oregon's nursery and greenhouse industry has ranked the first in the State's agricultural for 18 years. The majority of nursery sales from the Pacific Northwest come from Oregon. Due to data limitations, empirical study of the Oregon nursery industry is rare. The present dissertation consists of three essays that analyze...
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    Dissertation
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry has ranked the first in the

  • 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
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    : / Steven T. Buccola Searching for suitable measures to solve internal economic problems and promote

  • 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
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    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
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    Welfare-Optimal Policy Rules: Application to the Zimbabwe Corn Industry Abstract approved: Steven T

  • Technology structure and productivity change in the U.S. meat products industry

    Creator:
    Xia, Yin
    Abstract:
    The performance of the meat products industry, the largest food processing sector in the U.S. in terms of shipment value, is an important issue. A key indicator of its performance is productivity growth, which results in reduction in the cost of production at given input prices. The present study employs...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Structure and Productivity Change in the U.S. Meat Products Industry. Abstract approved: Steven T