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  • Essays on the implications of firm behaviors in learning, locating, and advertising

    Creator:
    Palangkaraya, Alfons
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    This dissertation addresses three topics on the implications of firm behaviors in creating and adopting knowledge of production, choosing international location for production and market access, and using informative advertising in a market competition with multidimensional product characteristics. The first study investigates the empirical evidence of local knowledge spillovers in...
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    Dissertation
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    Implications of Firm Behaviors in Learning, Locating, and Advertising Abstract approved: Rolf Fare This

  • Essays on the effect of product recalls and mergers on firm performance

    Creator:
    Yan, Wenfeng
    Abstract:
    This dissertation investigates the effect of endogenous and exogenous events on firm behavior and performance. These are fundamental questions in economics. The contribution of this study is threefold. First, it provides estimates of the impact of mergers on railroad efficiency, which has important antitrust implications. Second, it provides new estimates...
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    Dissertation
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    dissertation. Dr. Wesley Wilson and Dr. Rolf Färe helped with Chapter 3. Jayendra Gokhale helped with

  • Dynamic issues in applied microeconomics: market performance, market structure and advertising competition

    Creator:
    Iwasaki, Natsuko
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    This dissertation addresses issues of oligopoly markets where advertising plays a prominent role. The first study empirically investigates the effect of advertising regulations on equilibrium consumption of an addictive commodity using U.S. cigarette industry data. The results of the first study show that the advertising regulations reduced cigarette consumption by...
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    Dissertation
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    ideas and assistance in all aspects of this dissertation. Dr. Rolf Färe and Dr. Shawna Grosskopf

  • Essays on ethanol-driven corn demand and crop choice

    Creator:
    Marshall, Kandice Kleiber
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    Two essays are focused on crop choice and the growth of corn production in the Corn Belt and surrounding areas. The first essay develops a partially degenerate nested logit model to examine the effect of price islands and local ethanol capacity on corn production and crop mix. The primary data...
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    Dissertation
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    thank Rolf Färe for encouraging my running and my research - I am still trying to “get faster” in both

  • Efficiency and productivity in U.S. commercial banking : a non-parametric approach

    Creator:
    Onkiso, Abinet
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    In this paper, I estimate efficiency and productivity change in the U.S. banking industry. The data consist of annual observations of 25 banks from 2004 to 2008. The paper follows a two-stage procedure. In the first-stage, utilizing the non-parametric methodologies, input-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model and DEA based Malmquist...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Farrell (1957) and further enhanced by Banker, Charnes and Cooper (BCC) (1984) and by Färe, Grosskopf

  • Wind Energy Siting in Harney and Crook Counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Bhattarai, Mukesh
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    Concerns over climate change and energy security have spurred governments worldwide to encourage the development of renewable energy. Although public attitudes and macro-politics, in general, show moderate to strong support for renewables- in particular, wind power- largely because of the economic and environmental benefits associated with it. However, local politics...
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    Capstone Project