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Computer simulation of irrigation system improvements : an analysis of income, risk and offsite impacts

Creator:: Taylor, Michael L. (Michael Lester), 1960-
Abstract:: Policy analysts designing programs to improve the efficiency and expand the use of water in the irrigation of farm lands often enlist benefit-cost analysis as a means of assessing impacts and feasibility. While on-site comparisons of costs and benefits are important factors in project assessment, other dimensions such as risk,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Offsite Impacts Abstract approved: SdfTarrl'ey JF. 'Miller Policy analysts designing

Economic evaluation of alternative agricultural resources conservation policies

Creator:: Ogishi, Aya
Abstract:: The agriculture production system in the post-war United States is characterized as highly specialized and increasingly dependent on off-farm inputs. Although the US has traditionally supported agriculture with numerous government commodity programs such as target prices, nonrecourse loans, and deficiency payments, agriculture today is perceived as one of the major...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Miller The agriculture production system in the post-war United States is characterized as highly

Grant County, Oregon : impacts of changes in log flows on a timber-dependent community

Creator:: Miller, Lester F.
Abstract:: Competitive bid sales of U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest timber resources have significant effects on the economies of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. These sales contribute to the economic vitality of small regions or communities dependent upon timber as a primary resource input. Any changes in the price or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lester F. Miller, Jr. for the

Estimated net economic benefits from steelhead sport fishing of selected Washington rivers

Creator:: Chou-Yang, Bih-lian
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1,304 respondents from a mail survey conducted by Dr. Jack Richards of the National Marine Fisheries

The fiscal response of Oregon counties to mental health grants

Creator:: Savage, John F.
Abstract:: State and federal aid payments to local governments have grown explosively over the last fifteen years. One reason for this growth is that the donor governments can alter a local government's budget choices through grants. Grants have not remedied social problems, however, because the local governments' responses to grants were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Jack Edwards and Charles Vars can take credit for much of the theoretical model, often seeing

The effects of farm and operator characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes on farm-level improvements in irrigation efficiency in the central Willamette Valley

Creator:: Stoff, Mary Cora
Abstract:: A study was conducted using data collected from a sample of mint and vegetable farmers in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The study identifies the influence of demographic differences, economic factors and irrigator attitudes on irrigation efficiency. Only two of the 19 characteristics theorized to influence irrigation efficiency proved to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 1986; Livingston and Miller, 1986; DuMars and Tarlock, 1989; Negri and Brooks, 1990; Wilkinson, 1992

The role of exchange rates in the decision making by multinational corporation[s] and issues in international seafood trade

Creator:: Lin, Biing-Hwan
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: making all of the above possible. I extend my appreciation to Dr. Jack Edwards for professional and

A structural description of Oregon counties, 1973-1978

Creator:: Ledeboer, M. Vivian
Abstract:: Local government officials and county planners may find descriptive information concerning the economic structure of each Oregon county useful for planning for future economic development. Specifically, citizens of counties and planning districts need to know whether industries in their area are growing or declining and in which industries a comparative...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An econometric model of Pacific Northwest feeder cattle basis

Creator:: Vanderpool, Cynthia Ann
Abstract:: Fluctuating feeder cattle prices have a direct affect on the revenue variability of feeder cattle producers. Hedging in the commodity futures market is a marketing strategy which can, if properly used, reduce the financial risk of feeder cattle producers. If the closing basis value is known when a hedge is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , my major professor, for his guidance and super- vision in conducting this research. Dr. Jack

A Monte Carlo analysis of principal components and ridge regression with application to a fisheries evaluation model

Creator:: Sass, M. E. (Mary Ellen)
Abstract:: Essential to the testing of propositions in economic theory is the estimation of the parameters involved in relationships among economic variables. Probably the most widely used method of estimation is ordinary least squares (OLS). However, severe multicollinearity or near linear dependence of the explanatory variables can cause the OLS estimates...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Computer simulation of irrigation system improvements : an analysis of income, risk and offsite impacts

Economic evaluation of alternative agricultural resources conservation policies

Grant County, Oregon : impacts of changes in log flows on a timber-dependent community

Estimated net economic benefits from steelhead sport fishing of selected Washington rivers

The fiscal response of Oregon counties to mental health grants

The effects of farm and operator characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes on farm-level improvements in irrigation efficiency in the central Willamette Valley

The role of exchange rates in the decision making by multinational corporation[s] and issues in international seafood trade

A structural description of Oregon counties, 1973-1978

An econometric model of Pacific Northwest feeder cattle basis

A Monte Carlo analysis of principal components and ridge regression with application to a fisheries evaluation model

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