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  • Benton County Economic Development: Supporting the Community’s Vision

    Creator:
    Klupar, Sydney A.
    Abstract:
    Local economic development can help lessen the impact of large-scale shocks on small communities as it provides them with resilient systems that do not require as much support from global supply chains. In smaller communities, shared governance, interactive and adaptive planning, and evidence-based policymaking strategies can facilitate resilient systems. The...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    mentioned the county or municipal government, including structure, actions, permitting, operations, and

  • Did the Great Recession change SNAP participation behavior? A panel analysis of two Oregon SNAP participant cohorts

    Creator:
    Carroll, Joanna M.
    Abstract:
    This analysis explores potential changes in the behavior of Oregon's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants after the 2008 recession. I examine this using individual-level administrative data from the State of Oregon in a linear probability model and a duration model. After controlling for a standard set of factors known...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    the possibility of becoming poor or impoverished had to face the bleak reality that they were now

  • Essays on Regional Economic Impact Assessment and Demand Analysis using Disaggregated Data

    Creator:
    Chen, Yunguang
    Abstract:
    The appropriate use of disaggregated economic data not only improves the accuracy and robustness of economic analyses, but also extends the existing economic models to address new aspects of the issue. This dissertation consists of three essays: two essays use disaggregated economic-engineering data to address spatial heterogeneity in economic losses...
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    Dissertation
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    impact assessment of a potential major Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) Tsunami event on Clatsop County

  • Two Essays on Local Government Finances in the United States

    Creator:
    Jung, Jaeho
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    county experiences two or more hurricanes, I call it as Treated and 𝐷 = 1 (Table 2.4). Since I only

  • An exploration of water quality in the United States using an Environmental Kuznets Curve framework

    Creator:
    Latané, Annah M.
    Abstract:
    This study seeks to explore the determinants of the relationship of economic growth and water quality in the United States using an Environmental Kuznets Curve framework. Specifically this study seeks to determine whether there is evidence of improvement in water quality since passage of the 1972 amendments to the Clean...
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    Masters Thesis
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    have prevented other authors from finding robust evidence of an EKC in the US. A county- level

  • Essays on location decisions and carbon sequestration strategies of U.S. firms

    Creator:
    Wu, Caiwen
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    Location is a critical component of business decisions. A firm's location decision may be influenced not only by market forces, such as the location of input suppliers, output processors and competitors, but also by government policies if such policies impact their expected profits and are applied non-uniformly across space. Likewise,...
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    Dissertation
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    may include choosing potential storage sites for geologic carbon sequestration or finding landfills

  • Three essays on the effectiveness of Oregon's land-use planning system : economic analysis with quasi-experimental methods

    Creator:
    Dempsey, Judith
    Abstract:
    Oregon's land use planning system is often recognized as having been successful in its goals of limiting urban sprawl and protecting resource lands from development. However, it is difficult to quantify the impact of these regulations, because we cannot observe what would have happened in the absence of land use...
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    Dissertation
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    the county level. The LCT dataset that was used in the first essay is also used in this essay. EFU

  • Empirical analyses of the impact of climate-induced natural disturbances on the economic value of U.S. forests

    Creator:
    Wang, Yuhan
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    Forests provide a wide range of timber and non-timber products along with providing a range of ecological services and support for biodiversity. Climate change poses various risks to forest health, as it can disrupt tree growth functions and trigger natural disturbances that increase tree mortality. In recent decades, altered disturbance...
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    Dissertation
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    economic value of timberland, or about $11.2 billion in total losses across the three Pacific states

  • Three essays on international trade and regional productivity

    Creator:
    Moon, Hanpil
    Abstract:
    A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing similar goods and located in a given region. International trade can affect both components of regional productivity. First, trade openness in a closed economy...
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    Dissertation
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    since most firms in an industry move to or gather around their industry-specific cost- minimizing

  • An Empirical Analysis of Climate and Risk on Rural Productive Lands

    Creator:
    Finer, Cassie R.
    Abstract:
    Efficient and effective climate policies require cost estimates supported by empirical analysis at multiple spatial scales. Fine-scale spatial analysis of climate impacts for rural land markets represents a gap in the current climate change economics literature. In this dissertation I estimate relationships between climate, risk and parcel-level land values for...
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    Dissertation
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    estuary and near-coastal shorelines in Tillamook county, Oregon. I find a negative shoreline premium for