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  • Transferability of equities of Oregon agricultural marketing and supply cooperatives

    Creator:
    Valpey, John Richard
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    This thesis, although dealing specifically with Oregon Agricultural cooperatives, has significance for agricultural cooperatives on a national basis when discussing equity financing. The central issue is whether a patron may in effect transfer his cooperative equity holding to another person without impairing the total function of the cooperative? To answer...
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    Masters Thesis
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    research be incorporated into the cooperative finance plan". Marshall, Terry Dean A 1970 master's

  • Agricultural cooperatives and their international business arrangements

    Creator:
    Henderson, Erin Michael
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    World food markets are becoming increasingly interconnected as firms seek to sell their products not only in domestic markets but in international ones as well. Moreover, processed and high-value consumer-oriented products represent an increasing share of total agricultural exports. This growing international market may have implications for the future competitiveness...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of this research is to investigate the arrangements that agricultural cooperatives implement in

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

    Creator:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    : Determining Member Contributions to Marketing Cooperative Returns When Raw Products are Commingled Before

  • An evaluation of input purchasing behavior at farm supply cooperatives

    Creator:
    Hartley, Marcus L.
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    This study uses an econometric model to explain patronage of farm inputs at cooperatives in a highly diversified agricultural region. The model jointly addresses farmer purchases of six input categories: petroleum, pesticides, fertilizers, services, feed, and seed. Explanatory variables include farm size, farm experience, farm type, membership status farm location,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    patrons. PREVIOUS RESEARCH Many studies have sought to understand the dynamics of cooperative

  • 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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    Dissertation
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    , 2011. Title: Three Essays on Trade Liberalization and Korean Agriculture Abstract approved

  • 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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    Dissertation
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    . Financial support for this study has been provided by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and