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A Demand System Analysis of Marketing Strategies for Apples and Pears in the Conventional Supermarket Environment

Creator:: McFetridge, Marc V.
Abstract:: This research examines how marketing strategies of produce managers affect consumer expenditures for fresh apples and pears. The objective of this study is to determine how display size, point-of-purchase material, product origin, product information and display placement impact consumer expenditures for fresh apples and pears. These variables were incorporated into...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effect of weather variation on economic results from grasshopper control tactics in Chad : a partial validation of GHLSIM

Creator:: Sheikh, Allah Ditta
Abstract:: Agricultural production in the Sahelian region of Africa is among the lowest in the world. Cyclical infestations of locusts and grasshoppers have contributed to this low productivity. The infestations appear to be triggered by heavy rainfall at the beginning of a crop season after extended drought. Because locusts and grasshoppers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to members of my committee, Drs. Larry Lev, Alice Morrow and Marcos Kogan for their interest and

The impact of health and environmental motives and economic factors on the choice of organic produce

Creator:: Andrade, Diego
Abstract:: This research examines the factors that influence consumer choice of organic over conventional fresh produce. The emphasis of this study is to determine the relative importance of environmental and health motives and economic factors in explaining this choice. A survey was designed to collect data about consumer preferences and purchasing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An economic analysis of the Oregon egg industry and the impacts of state mandated floor space requirements

Creator:: Hermes, Katherine J.
Abstract:: With Animal Welfare issues are becoming more prominent in the animal agriculture community, especially with the passing of California’s Proposition 2 during the November 2008 elections. This proposition, known as the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, mandates that laying hens, pigs and veal calves have the ability to stand...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Enterprise Budgets. I could not forget to thank Larry Lev. Without even knowing, he helped to spark my

The public forage pricing implications of public/private market interdependence

Creator:: Collins, Alan
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members, Dr. Larry Lev and Dr. Mike Oriard, I express my appreciation for their editorial assistance

An econometric analysis of used tractor prices

Creator:: Bayaner, Ahmet
Abstract:: Farm equipment is becoming an increasingly important financial asset for many farmers. Tractors probably represent the single largest component of equipment asset value. As such, changes in tractor values can have a dramatic effect on a farmer's financial situation. Changes in equipment value can be attributed to depreciation and the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Debts of gratitude are owed to Dr. A. Gene Nelson, Dr Richard Adams, and Dr. Larry S. Lev, my

Estimation of agricultural machinery and equipment depreciation patterns using flexible functional forms

Creator:: Cross, Timothy L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Eisgruber, Dr. Russell Karow, Dr. Robert King, and Dr. Larry Lev, were also very helpful and supportive of

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:: development. Also, I would like to thank to my committee members, Dr. Lori Cramer, Dr. Larry Lev, Dr

A policy preference function analysis of the forest sector in the Cote d'Ivoire

Creator:: Yapi, Atse
Abstract:: The main objective of this study was to offer an alternative methodology for forest sector modeling in developing economies. To this effect, a policy preference function was developed and estimated using data from the forest sector of the Cote d'Ivoire. The justification for this alternative framework for forest sector analysis...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . David J. Brooks, Dr. Larry S. Lev, Dr. Michael V. Martin, and my graduate representative, Dr. James W

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A Demand System Analysis of Marketing Strategies for Apples and Pears in the Conventional Supermarket Environment

Effect of weather variation on economic results from grasshopper control tactics in Chad : a partial validation of GHLSIM

The impact of health and environmental motives and economic factors on the choice of organic produce

An economic analysis of the Oregon egg industry and the impacts of state mandated floor space requirements

The public forage pricing implications of public/private market interdependence

An econometric analysis of used tractor prices

Estimation of agricultural machinery and equipment depreciation patterns using flexible functional forms

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

A policy preference function analysis of the forest sector in the Cote d'Ivoire

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