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Creator:: Xia, Yin
Abstract:: The performance of the meat products industry, the largest food processing sector in the U.S. in terms of shipment value, is an important issue. A key indicator of its performance is productivity growth, which results in reduction in the cost of production at given input prices. The present study employs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Productivity Change in the U.S. Meat Products Industry by YinXia A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

Creator:: Anteneh, Berhanu
Abstract:: The success of the U.S. government in persuading Japan to liberalize the beef market is viewed as a relief to the U.S. beef industry. The economic benefit (to the U.S. beef producers!) of the trade liberalization however is yet to be seen. The size of this benefit is determined, among...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: persuading Japan to liberalize the beef market is viewed as a relief to the U.S. beef industry. The

Creator:: Chan-Kang, Connie
Abstract:: Increased competition brought about by trade liberalization has raised the stakes for improving productivity in U.S. and Canadian food processing. A key element of productivity growth is technological change, which in turn results from R&D investment. The present study employs an econometric model to assess rates of technological change and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Processing Sectors by Connie Chan-Kang A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Creator:: Heldt, Gretchen L
Abstract:: In June 1988 the Japanese agreed to liberalize their beef market which had been protected by an import quota system for twenty-four years. The purpose of this thesis is to draw conclusions/implications concerning the effect of the trade agreement (1988 Import Quota Removal Agreement) upon Japanese beef imports and the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the United States by Gretchen L. Heldt A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Creator:: Min, He
Abstract:: Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three essays of this dissertation address the causes and consequences of cross-state differences in

Creator:: Si, Wenguang
Abstract:: In 1996, China started to increase its annual soybean imports at a tremendously high speed. It has become one of the most important soybean import markets for the world's largest soybean producers: the United States, Brazil and Argentina. In the meantime, the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), a Chinese soybean futures...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: soybean import markets for the world's largest soybean producers: the United States, Brazil and

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