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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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    . The case of minimum wages in Oregon is investigated using a large panel dataset for all

  • The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

    Creator:
    Crandall, Mindy S.
    Abstract:
    The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...
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    Dissertation
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    public and private harvests, along with fluctuations in the industry over the last century for Oregon

  • RINs and biofuel mandates : comparing ethanol and biodiesel markets

    Creator:
    Ainsworth, Joel H.
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    The United States Congress set out to increase the blending of biofuels by updating and implementing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) in 2007. The new mandate required that a combination of 36 billion gallons of ethanol, biodiesel, and cellulosic biofuel be blended annually, by 2022. To offset the cost of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Ethanol and Biodiesel Markets by Joel H. Ainsworth A THESIS submitted to Oregon

  • 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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    Oregon. Due to data limitations, empirical study of the Oregon nursery industry is rare. The present

  • An investment valuation and risk assessment of high-density sweet cherry orchards

    Creator:
    West, Tyler T.
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    A supply and demand model for the sweet cherry industry in Wasco County, Oregon and two investment valuation models are used to value and assess the risk of investments in high-density sweet cherry orchard establishment and production from the producer perspective. The supply and demand estimation finds the cherry price...
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    Masters Thesis
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    .......................................................................... 1 The Oregon Sweet Cherry Industry

  • Essays on location decisions and carbon sequestration strategies of U.S. firms

    Creator:
    Wu, Caiwen
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    Location is a critical component of business decisions. A firm's location decision may be influenced not only by market forces, such as the location of input suppliers, output processors and competitors, but also by government policies if such policies impact their expected profits and are applied non-uniformly across space. Likewise,...
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    Dissertation
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    mitigate greenhouse gases (GHGs). Incorporating environmental risk into economic assessments of

  • Economic Analysis of A Road Usage Charge

    Creator:
    Ke, Yue
    Abstract:
    This study evaluates the distributional impacts of an alternative public roads finance method, a road usage charge (RUC) fee, on lower income households and rural households in Oregon. While previous research has relied on the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), this research will uses the 2011-2013 Oregon...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Economic Analysis of A Road Usage Charge by Yue Ke A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

  • Determinants of household vehicle miles traveled in Oregon

    Creator:
    Holder, Daniel R.
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    This study models the household demand for vehicle miles traveled with a focus on the effects from bicycle ridership and transit ridership. Through the use of data from the Oregon Household Activity Survey collected on behalf of the Oregon Department of Transportation, evidence is found that households participating in bicycle...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Determinants of Household Vehicle Miles Traveled in Oregon

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

    Creator:
    McCaulou, Jeff C.
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    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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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Capalbo Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a

  • The economic value of native pollinators in regard to Oregon blueberry production

    Creator:
    Ritter, Daniel J.
    Abstract:
    Blueberry production in Oregon is highly reliant upon the ecosystem services of native pollinators, which provide as much as a quarter of the total pollination services received by Blueberry growers. However, the health of these pollinator populations may be affected in yet unforeseen ways as growers adopt new pest management...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Economic Value of Native Pollinators in Regard to Oregon Blueberry Production Abstract approved