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  • An investigation of the measurement of individual risk attitudes

    Creator:
    Winter, John R.
    Abstract:
    Two direct elicitation of utility (D.E.U.) techniques were used to estimate risk attitudes of a group of agricultural producers. The two elicitation techniques used in the study were 1) an error-in-response model using a modified Ramsey method, and 2) stochastic dominance with respect to a function (SDF). The primary objective...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    suggestions: Steve Buccola, Gene Nelson, Wes Musser, Lu Eisgruber, Dan Brunk, Bob Mason, and

  • An economic analysis of land prices of mountainous grazing land in eastern Oregon

    Creator:
    Winter, John R.
    Abstract:
    The "unusual" behavior of agricultural land prices is the subject of considerable debate and controversy and is the object of this research. There is little doubt that land prices have been increasing steadily since 1959 and dramatically throughout the decade of the 1970's. However, there is widespread disagreement among economists,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , Dr. A. Gene Nelson, Dr„ Ronald A0 Oliveira, and Dr,, Charles Sutherland, I would also like to