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  • Essays on land use regulation

    Creator:
    Hascic, Ivan
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper focuses on the environmental impacts of land use and their implications for the design on water quality trading policies. The second and third papers address local land use regulations and their impact on land values...
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    Dissertation
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    statewide land use planning regime in Oregon places strict limits on the use of resource lands and

  • Grass seed acreage response to policies concerning field burning : Willamette Valley, Oregon

    Creator:
    Giardina, Larry J.
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    This research analyzed the relationships of agricultural field burning policies, and other economic factors, with the quantity of land devoted to grass seed production in counties of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The thesis describes the background of the grass seed industry, field burning and government policies concerning field burning in...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Grown on Willamette Valley Soils LIST OF TABLES Table Paae 1. Grass Seed Elasticities of Demand

  • Estimating values of alternative public land allocations : a critical analysis of applied theory and methods

    Creator:
    Beale, Katherine L.
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    Masters Thesis
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    decisions on ecomomic analysis of public land management alternatives is reviewed briefly in this study

  • Essays on natural endowments, conservation policy, and community characteristics

    Creator:
    Lin, Haixia
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    Based on Sample 1……………………………………………………….........................90 3.4. Comparison of Efficiency

  • Essays on the economics of land use regulation

    Creator:
    Lai, Jiayin
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper reviews numerous past literatures on how land-use regulation, agricultural subsidies, and use-value assessment method affect land values. The second paper uses a theoretical model to analyze how imposing minimum-lot-size zoning and different designs of minimum-lot-size...
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    Dissertation
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    CONTENTS Page ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF LAND USE REGULATION ................................ 1

  • Characteristics of public land grazing permittees

    Creator:
    Gentner, Brad
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    The federal government is the largest single landowner in the 11 western states. The majority of federal lands is grazed by domestic livestock, a consumptive resource use. Communities have evolved dependent on traditional consumptive uses. Recently, non-traditional users today have contested public land management decisions and these users have become...
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    Masters Thesis
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    allocation of economic resources on regional and local levels. Very little is known about the public land

  • Simulation of national cow inventories and calf crop, 1965 to 1981 : projections to 1987

    Creator:
    Stringham, Tamzen K.
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    Masters Thesis
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    LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1 Cattle Inventory Cycles, 1896-1981 2 2 Cow Inventories in the United

  • The impact of special use assessment on land use and income distribution

    Creator:
    Shirack, Rosalyn Proffitt
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    The impact of Oregon's Special Use Assessment (SUA) program was analyzed in relation to farmland values in six regions. Data for the study were obtained from the Oregon Landownership Survey. Data were based on 1975 assessment and ownership characteristics. Farmland value per acre, including improvements, was believed to be influenced...
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    Masters Thesis
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    programs [30]: (1) Preferential assessment is based on the use-value of land with no penalty for

  • Modeling Oregon’s biodiesel subsidies and their potential effects on the Willamette Valley agricultural landscape

    Creator:
    Siegel, Ryan W.
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    The beginning of the twenty-first century has seen an upsurge in petroleum prices and an increased concern over greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the interest in biodiesel production has heightened. Policy at the Federal level, such as the blender’s tax credit which provides $1 for every gallon of biodiesel blended with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    is a major agricultural area in the state and has a variety of land rent costs and crops such as

  • Land use and land-use change in the Rocky Mountain west

    Creator:
    Broniak, Christine T.
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    Private land-use decisions can have important effects on private and public welfare. Market-based policies to regulate land use have the potential to move the privately-optimal allocation of land closer to what is socially optimal. To implement these policies in the Rocky Mountain states, it is necessary to understand the effects...
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    Masters Thesis
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    afforestation in this area come from range lands. Throughout the study period, the amount of land in range