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  • Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

    Creator:
    Cross, Robin M.
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    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,...
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    December 7. 2004. Title: Essays in Incomplete Agricultural Markets. Steven T. Buccola Agricultural

  • International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

    Creator:
    Rada, Nicholas E.
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    Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand, quasi-fixed and variable production factors, and agricultural productivity. Recent global food-price volatility puts a renewed spotlight on the trends and sources of any agricultural productivity growth. Because food prices’ most critical effects are on human hunger, it is especially...
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    :____________________________________________________ Steven T. Buccola Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand

  • The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

    Creator:
    Yang, Hui
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    The objectives and characteristics of university biotechnology research, including its applicability to such industries as agriculture and food processing, arise from formal and informal linkages among university scientists, public and private-nonprofit funding sources, and industry. In the present study I develop, specify, and estimate a model of the supply and...
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    Supply and Demand of University Agricultural Biotechnology Research. Abstract approved: Steven T

  • Determining member contributions to marketing cooperative returns when raw products are commingled before sale

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    Stokstad, Grete Synnøve
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    Marketing cooperatives that operate on a pool basis allocate net returns on the basis of the "economic value" of the raw products each member has delivered. Economic values ideally reflect the raw products' expected contributions to pool net return. In a competitive market, raw product prices would reflect these expected...
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    Sale Abstract Approved: Steven T. Buccola Marketing cooperatives that operate on a pool basis

  • Essays on technology, trade, and welfare

    Creator:
    Ruan, Jun
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    Technology is a key determinant of comparative advantage among nations. As information technology improves and the nations of the world become economically integrated, concern arises over the dissipation of high-income economies’ technological advantage. The three essays in this dissertation explore the trade and technology relationship, which is essential to economic...
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    . Abstract approved: _______________________________________________________ Steven Buccola Munisamy

  • Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

    Creator:
    Wang, Chenggang
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    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...
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    Steven T. Buccola Yin Xia The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly

  • Essays in applied economics

    Creator:
    Nag, Sharmistha
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    My dissertation concerns two separate issues. The first issue is examined in Essay One, and the second issue is examined in Essays Two and Three. The first essay develops an economic model of the determination of the rental rate of leased farmland in the United States. Particular attention is placed...
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    : Steven T. Buccola Jeffrey J. Reimer My

  • Spatial price linkages between developed and developing countries : The case of rice and wheat markets

    Creator:
    Navin, Yavapolkul
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    The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture in 1994 initiated multilateral reform of the agricultural sector to better integrate global markets. The implementation of the agreement has occurred at a time when agricultural commodity prices have significantly declined. These two events reveal that many countries maintained different thresholds in terms of...
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    devotion. I also wish to thank Dr. Steven Buccola and Dr. Andreas Waldkirch for serving as my committee

  • 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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    the assistance of Dr. Steven Buccola. With great affection, he shared his precious time discussing

  • Three essays on firm heterogeneity and regional development

    Creator:
    Saito, Hisamitsu
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    The objective of this dissertation is to theoretically and empirically examine the role of firm heterogeneity in terms of productivity and skill-intensity in the agglomeration process and the effect of agglomeration on regional economic development. In the first essay, I analyze the effect of trade liberalization on agglomeration of high-...
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