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  • National health insurance in Taiwan : welfare analysis and hospital competition

    Creator:
    Chen, Wen-Yi
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    This dissertation consists of three essays that evaluate various types of health care policies from the social welfare perspective. Chapter 1 introduces the main ideas and framework of this dissertation. Chapter 2 evaluates the new co-payment policy, enacted on July 15, 2005 under Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI). We show...
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    Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on June 15, 2006 Title: National

  • Essays on land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China

    Creator:
    Li, Man
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    China has experienced rapid economic growth in the last twenty years, accompanied by large-scale land conversion, severe environmental degradation, and rising carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. Designing policies for sustainable development requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between economic growth, land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China. This dissertation...
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    -disaggregated, national-scale GIS land use data and a state-of-art econometric method. Results indicate that

  • 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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    are affected by the basieness and nonexcludability of university research. A national survey of 1,067

  • The distribution of home, business, and speculative real estate ownership among income classes

    Creator:
    Erlandson, Mark Jeffrey
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    Public policy structured to treat "market failures" related to land use (through restructuring property rights) must be evaluated in terms of its potential impacts not only upon social efficiency, but also upon the distributions of wealth and income associated with real estate ownership. Analyses of basic relationships between forms of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    thesis drafts and as members of my graduate advisory committee. I wish to convey a special thanks to

  • A nested logit model of the determinants of away-from-home food consumption

    Creator:
    Shin, Soung-kook
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    The increasing demand for meals eaten away from home has increased the interest in developing a more complete understanding of the food-away-from-home (FAFH) consumption patterns in the United States. Previous studies have examined factors that explain variations in FAFH expenditures in the aggregate. However, no previous examinations have dealt with...
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    would like to extend my sincere appreciation to other members of my advisory committee, Dr. Dae-Hyun

  • Price elasticities in commodity trade models and external trade statistics

    Creator:
    Emami, Ali
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    The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the source of the external trade statistics in measuring the price responsiveness of foreign demands and relative price competitiveness of the major exporting countries in trade of agricultural commodities in international markets. In particular, the papers included in this...
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    of trade data based on exporting countries reports, rather than the reports of importing countries

  • Grant County, Oregon : impacts of changes in log flows on a timber-dependent community

    Creator:
    Miller, Lester F.
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    Competitive bid sales of U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest timber resources have significant effects on the economies of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. These sales contribute to the economic vitality of small regions or communities dependent upon timber as a primary resource input. Any changes in the price or...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Grant County, Oregon, and the Maiheur National Forest were selected as study areas for this analysis

  • Evaluation of the ownership, leasing, and residency restrictions of proposed amendments to the reclamation laws : three federal irrigation districts in Oregon

    Creator:
    Spies, Paul Andrew
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    The Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended, is the basic legislation governing the distribution of water from federal projects for irrigation purposes. In the three-quarters of a century since the passage of this Act, technological, economic, and legal developments have forced a reappraisal of the original intent of the Reclamation...
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    National Land for People, are restrictive enough to cause 17,000 and 23,000 acres of excess land

  • An analysis of risk management strategies for southern Alberta feedlots

    Creator:
    Freeze, Brian S.
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    Feedlot finishing of beef cattle in Southern Alberta involves income risk due to the variability of prices of feeders, feed and finished cattle. Several strategies are available to reduce this risk, including hedging of cattle on feed, participation in a Federal- Provincial government and producer established income stabilization program for...
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    government and producer established income stabilization program for finished cattle (National Tripartite

  • Three essays on the economics of malaria

    Creator:
    Datta, Saurabh Charles
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    Malaria is the world’s most important parasitic infectious disease, and is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in many developing countries. In this dissertation I study the interaction of malaria and economic development at both the macro- and micro-economic levels. In the first essay I examine the economic impact...
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    correlation with national income per capita, whether looking across countries at a point in time, or