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  • Three essays on constrained markets

    Creator:
    Siegel, Ryan
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    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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    economic outcomes, (b) if one constraint is lifted, those individuals alternately-constrained are left

  • The economic effects of ozone on U.S. agriculture : a sector modeling approach

    Creator:
    Hamilton, Scott A.
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    Tropospheric ozone is a pollutant which has detrimental effects on crop yields. The level of ambient ozone can be reduced by environmental policy changes and enforcement. The purpose of this study was to estimate the welfare effects of such changes in ambient ozone using recently available plant response data and...
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    Economic Effects .of Ozone on U.S. Agriculture: A Sector &de1ing Approach Abstract approved: Bruce A

  • Forage production and utilization in a mixed conifer forest in the Wallowa Mountain foothills

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    Young, James A. (James Albert), 1937-
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    This investigation was undertaken to characterize and evaluate the forage production and utilization of the successional vegetation of the mixed conifer forest. Field studies were carried out during the summers of 1962 through 1964 at the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station Hall Ranch which is located 12 miles southeast of Union,...
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    expressed in recent burns and heavily logged areas. The relentless tide of plant succession eventually

  • Economic and social impacts of restoration : a case study of the Great Basin Region

    Creator:
    Satyal, Vijayanand H.
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    The last five decades of research in arid land ecology cites Invasive species as a source of imbalances in biodiversity through habitat destruction and reductions of native species through ecosystem alterations in favor of non-native species. Invasive species are known to damage not only the surrounding ecosystem but also cause...
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    Philosophy in Environmental Sciences presented on June 14, 2006. Title: Economic and Social Impacts of

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

    Creator:
    Li, Cheng
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    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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    .............................................................................................. 148 4.4. Parameter Estimates of the Structural Model: Plant Supply

  • Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

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    Min, He
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    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....
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    likely to cause, economic or environmental harm or harm to human health,” (ERS, USDA, 2003). The Plant