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  • Three essays on constrained markets

    Creator:
    Siegel, Ryan
    Abstract:
    The three essays in this dissertation progressively answer the following questions: (a) How important are constraints? (b) Who benefits from removing constraints? (c) When does a constraint for a single market predominantly affect closely related markets? These questions are applied in the context of time, weather, and minimum wage constraints,...
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    Dissertation
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    economic outcomes, (b) if one constraint is lifted, those individuals alternately-constrained are left

  • Estimating a juniper biomass supply from private rangelands : the impact of distance and biotic factors on costs

    Creator:
    McCaulou, Jeff C.
    Abstract:
    Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a biomass industry based on a locally fixed source of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) feedstock. This study identifies a supply of juniper from private lands to determine how much of the available juniper is economically supplied at alternative prices...
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    Masters Thesis
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    supply curve for juniper as a biofuel source will shift in response to policy and economic factors

  • Essays on nursery labor, sales contracts, and price discovery

    Creator:
    Li, Cheng
    Abstract:
    Oregon's nursery and greenhouse industry has ranked the first in the State's agricultural for 18 years. The majority of nursery sales from the Pacific Northwest come from Oregon. Due to data limitations, empirical study of the Oregon nursery industry is rare. The present dissertation consists of three essays that analyze...
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    Dissertation
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    .............................................................................................. 148 4.4. Parameter Estimates of the Structural Model: Plant Supply