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  • Transactional analysis applied to a community development issue

    Creator:
    Manolescu, Kathleen M.
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    Barth's theory of transactional analysis is applied to the community of Tiller, Oregon and its reaction to a development proposal. Community behavior patterns vis-a-vis the development proposal are examined from a processual point of view to determine how these patterns are generated. The community's history and contemporary situation are described....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Economics Redacted for Privacy -W. Bruce Shepard, Assistant Professor of Political Science Redacted for

  • Essays on the economics of wildlife management

    Creator:
    Rashford, Benjamin S.
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    Wildlife managers are on the front lines of the effort to conserve wildlife and are required to do so cost-effectively. This dissertation consists of three manuscripts that integrate economics and ecology to inform cost-effective wildlife management. The first and second manuscripts focus on identifying cost-effective wildlife management plans. The third...
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    . JunJie Wu, Dr. Bruce Dugger and Dr. A. Scott Reed, for their valuable and thoughtful contributions

  • The multidimensional role of intrinsic quality in the management of natural resources : a bioeconomic analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

    Creator:
    Larkin, Sherry L.
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    The relationship between intrinsic fish quality (fish condition before handling), production efficiency, product price, and the optimal management of commercial "wild" fisheries was explored in four companion papers. The optimal management plan-consisting of quotas and harvest schedules - would maximize the discounted net industry revenues (NPV) given a minimum biomass...
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    price per unit weight (Conrad; Anderson; Clark, p.304; Kellogg, Easley, and Johnson; Onal et al

  • Three essays on trade liberalization and Korean agriculture

    Creator:
    Yoo, Chun Kwon
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    Since the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) in 1994, global competition in Korean agricultural markets has significantly increased. The objective of this dissertation is to identify the effects of trade liberalization on productivity and pricing in the Korean rice market (Essay 1 and 2) and on the entire agricultural...
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    .” Journal of Urban Economics 53: 1-28. Hertel, T. W., K. Anderson, J. F. Francois, and W. Martin. 2000

  • The economics of spatial choice and displacement: case study of the Oregon bottom trawl groundfish fishery

    Creator:
    Valcic, Branka
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    To increase the knowledge needed to successfully implement the ecosystem-based approach to fishery management, this dissertation investigates important issues within the economics of choice and the economics of displacement. In particular, a discrete choice model of the fishing location decision in the Newport, Oregon bottom trawl groundfish fishery is estimated...
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    a source area) might provide economic benefits (Sanchirico and Wilen 2001; Anderson 2002). On

  • The value of short run in-stream temperature forecasts : an application to salmonids in the Klamath and John Day Rivers

    Creator:
    Huang, Biao
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    Water temperature is an important measure of water quality, as well as a dominant factor affecting aquatic life within the stream environment. Elevated water temperatures can decrease the survival rate of fish in each life stage. Cold water species, such as salmonids, are particularly susceptible to elevated water temperatures. For...
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     fertilization in agriculture has also received attention. Byelee and Anderson  (1969) evaluated the forecast

  • Land use policy and property value

    Creator:
    Grout, Cyrus A.
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    A plethora of land use policies are implemented at the local, state, and federal levels to influence the manner in which land is utilized. The distribution of the costs and benefits associated with implementing such land use policies always has been, and will continue to be, a source of contention....
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    recent empirical studies produce mixed results, identifying restriction effects (Anderson and Weinhold

  • The cultural significance of mountain regions : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon

    Creator:
    Starr, Karen J.
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    Altitudinal variations in upland regions of the earth create variable climatic zones and conditions. Plant and animal communities must adapt to these conditions, and when they reach their tolerance limits for environmental conditions at the upper levels of a zone, they cease to exist in the environment. Humans also utilize...
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    1981; Kroeber 1947; Evans-Wentz 1981; Anderson 1973; Williams 1911). Some cultural groups have

  • Information and analysis techniques for making crop selection decisions

    Creator:
    Bristol, Roger Dale
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    Twenty managers of large diversified irrigated farms in the Willamette Valley area of Oregon were interviewed about the economic information and analysis techniques they use when making crop selection decisions. Two community college farm management instructors, two agricultural lenders, and two certified public accountants working with farmers were interviewed about...
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