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Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Creator:: Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-
Abstract:: The education (particularly graduate education) of Americans who were active in astronomical research between 1876 and 1941 is assessed for its effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes: the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the

Identifying Opportunities for Collaboration in Resilience-Based Management: Coordinating Rancher and Land Manager Incentives

Creator:: Maher, Anna T.
Abstract:: Resilience-based management in rangelands implies maintaining desirable ecological states and avoiding thresholds to less desirable ones; however, the efficacy of resilience-based management depends upon several driving forces. These forces include management by those who depend upon rangelands for their livelihoods, the current state of ecological health of rangelands, and changing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (2000) into an existing ranch-level economic model. The model analyzes the effect of profit

The economic impact of the 1964 Fair Employment Practices Act and subsequent executive orders on Black Americans

Creator:: Mbatia, Oliver Lee E.
Abstract:: The economic status of the Black Americans has lagged far behind that of non-Black Americans in the last four centuries. The major reasons are manifested in (1) discrimination in employment practices by: employers, public and private employment agencies, labor organizations, and apprenticeship agencies; and (2) discrimination in distribution of factor...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Creator:: Blanchard, Nicholas
Abstract:: By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Nurture in American Eugenics Before 1915. Journal of the History of

Liability rules, transactions costs and optimum externality

Creator:: Randall, Alan, 1944-
Abstract:: Economic theorists have proposed that the problems created by a Pareto-relevant externality may be solved by market transactions between the involved parties. These market transactions would allow realization of the potential gains from trade which characterize a Pareto-relevant externality. After all potential gains from trade had been realized, a Pareto-efficient...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name) (Degree) in AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS presented on {Jf//j* . /6 i/tfVd

An economic analysis of the merger component in the growth of agricultural cooperatives

Creator:: Cramer, Gail L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE MERGER COMPONENT IN THE GROWTH OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES Abstract approved

Treatment of autocorrelated disturbances in economic functions

Creator:: Fernandez, Jose Enrique
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name of student) (Degree) in Agricultural Economics presented on

Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

Creator:: Cross, Robin M.
Abstract:: Agricultural revenues, the product of stochastic prices and yields, lead to markets which are incomplete, thereby entreating and complicating economic inquiry. The following three essays explore the incomplete nature of agricultural markets and consider the implications of incompleteness for a range of policy questions and economic tools. The first essay,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Cross for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on

Essays in applied economics

Creator:: Nag, Sharmistha
Abstract:: My dissertation concerns two separate issues. The first issue is examined in Essay One, and the second issue is examined in Essays Two and Three. The first essay develops an economic model of the determination of the rental rate of leased farmland in the United States. Particular attention is placed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Economics Head of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Dean of the

Agricultural export promotion and economic structure : an historical perspective

Creator:: Townsend, Terry P.
Abstract:: The United States has had a long history of promoting agricultural exports, and the return to conditions of extreme surplus in many agricultural markets in recent years has revived interest in this topic. Some products received imperial bounties during our colonial era, but the systematic collection of trade statistics for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on

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Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Identifying Opportunities for Collaboration in Resilience-Based Management: Coordinating Rancher and Land Manager Incentives

The economic impact of the 1964 Fair Employment Practices Act and subsequent executive orders on Black Americans

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Liability rules, transactions costs and optimum externality

An economic analysis of the merger component in the growth of agricultural cooperatives

Treatment of autocorrelated disturbances in economic functions

Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

Essays in applied economics

Agricultural export promotion and economic structure : an historical perspective

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