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Measuring the Economic Impacts of Natural Disturbances and Policy Interventions on Log and Lumber Markets in Oregon

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Zhai, Jun

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The forest sector forms an important part of Oregon’s economy, especially in rural communities. However, the economic performance and development of the sector are subject to both significant natural disturbances and to new and existing policies. The most common and disastrous natural disturbances in Oregon are wildfires. The Biscuit Fire...

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A Microeconomic Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Programs in the Western United States

Creator:

Rossi, David J.

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This dissertation studies the microeconomics of forest fire suppression programs. It starts with an inquiry into the causes of increasing shares of public land management budgets devoted to wildland fire suppression in lieu of hazardous fuel reduction or other pre-fire risk mitigation programs. The first two chapters consider competing economic...

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Dissertation

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increasing (Lueck and Yoder, 2013). While climatic factors contribute to increasing fire severity (van
Who Benefits from Development Aid? Exploring Agroforestry Technology Adoption, Food Security, and Path Dependence in Rural Tanzania

Creator:

Bruck, Sonia R.

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Rural farmers in Tanzania depend on subsistence agriculture for their livelihood. Poor soil conditions, and the danger of drought, increases the risk of cyclical poverty conditions. Aid organizations, including the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Millennium Development Projects (MDP), as well as industrial tobacco industry, have provided development programs...

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Pannell 1999, Ersado et al. 2004, Gebreegziabher and van Kooten 2013). The richness of observed