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International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

Creator:: Rada, Nicholas E.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: motivation. For this I am indebted. I sincerely appreciate the efforts of Rolf Färe, whose humor and

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

Creator:: Wang, Chenggang
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: construction. A special thanks goes to Professors Rolf Färe and Clark Seavert. Our collaborative work

A spatially explicit model for allocating conservation efforts : the Grand Ronde River basin, Oregon

Creator:: Watanabe, Michio
Abstract:: The spatial and dynamic pattern of landscape changes has a profound effect on the supply of environmental services, including the provision of habitat for fish and wildlife. Spatial heterogeneity is a common feature of landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, most notably in areas important to the production of salmonid fish...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Dr. JunJie Wu, Dr. Bill Boggess, Dr. John Bolte, Mr. Matt Cox, Dr. Joe Ebersole, Dr. Rolf Fare, Dr

Economic issues in assembling properties with eminent domain

Creator:: Hastie, James D.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Economic Issues In Assembling Properties With Eminent Domain Abstract approved: KSjeF-G

An evaluation of efficiency and distributional implications of changes in weed control technology in northeast Brazil

Creator:: Young, Douglas Leonard
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: CONTROL TECHNOLOGY IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL Abstract approved: p, f - T- sues : —^ Dr. William G

An economic analysis of factors related to poverty on selected Indian reservations

Creator:: Yap, Sik Sya
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Dr. William G. Brown for their critical review and suggestions during the preparation of

The integration of efficiency and equity in public decision-making : theoretical issues and applications

Creator:: Van Kooten, G. C. (Gerrit C.)
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: attributed to an abstract thinker (a thinking introvert). This approach to social wel- fare, which Nath

An economic analysis of the country specific impacts of freer international trade in sugar

Creator:: Sanguanruang, Santisuk
Abstract:: The world sugar market does not perform in a perfect competitive setting. This research has applied a new framework to analyze the impacts of liberalization in international trade in sugar. The current round of GATT negotiation has placed agricultural trade reform on top of the list. Trade in sugar will...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . William G. Brown, my respectable teacher, for serving as a member of my graduate committee. Special

Distortions to travel cost derived demand curves : water quality and durable goods

Creator:: Garifo, Susan E.
Abstract:: The travel cost method of deriving demand and value of recreation does not include fixed costs of recreational durable goods purchases or allow for supply restrictions on the number of suitable sites available. The omission of these two real-world situations results in derivation of demand curves which are more inelastic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Adams, William G. Brown, and R. Charles Vars; and my graduate representative, Floyd W. Bodyfelt. I am

Essays on productivity, economic geography and trade : the case of Chile

Creator:: Echeverria, Rodrigo A.
Abstract:: This dissertation investigates the relative importance of firm-specific and geographic characteristics for export behavior in the Chilean primary and processed food industries. The first essay develops a new method for measuring geographic characteristics to account for economic activity in adjacent, but separate spatial units. In the application to the Chilean...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: also thank Dr. Rolf Färe, who had a special interest in my work, and from whom I received valuable

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International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

A spatially explicit model for allocating conservation efforts : the Grand Ronde River basin, Oregon

Economic issues in assembling properties with eminent domain

An evaluation of efficiency and distributional implications of changes in weed control technology in northeast Brazil

An economic analysis of factors related to poverty on selected Indian reservations

The integration of efficiency and equity in public decision-making : theoretical issues and applications

An economic analysis of the country specific impacts of freer international trade in sugar

Distortions to travel cost derived demand curves : water quality and durable goods

Essays on productivity, economic geography and trade : the case of Chile

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