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Creator:: Cross, Robin M.
Abstract:: Agricultural revenues, the product of stochastic prices and yields, lead to markets which are incomplete, thereby entreating and complicating economic inquiry. The following three essays explore the incomplete nature of agricultural markets and consider the implications of incompleteness for a range of policy questions and economic tools. The first essay,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: entreating and complicating economic inquiry. The following three essays explore the incomplete nature of

Creator:: Wu, Jing
Abstract:: Farm machinery continues to increase in its importance to the agricultural sector. Depreciation, the decline in value of a durable asset over time, represents one of the largest costs of agricultural production. The general objectives of this study were to update and expand the number of Remaining Value (RV) functions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the last decade, it is shown that agriculture output per unit of input increased by 20 percent

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Weber, Bruce A., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Published May 2008. Reviewed July 2013. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ........................................................................................................................14 Oregon's Economic Dependence on Agriculture

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
Full Text:: major life-science fields: biology, medicine, and agriculture. A dynamic model of industrial R&D

Creator:: Lin, Haixia
Abstract:: To protect and restore environmental quality, efficient and effective conservation policies are needed. Designing policies require a sound understanding of the contributions of natural endowments to economic vitality, and the performance and impacts of conservation programs. This dissertation consists of three essays, and addresses several issues relevant to these two...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the contributions of natural endowments to economic vitality, and the performance and impacts of

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