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Predicted economic effects of environmental quality control policies on linear firm models and an application to an irrigated farm model

Creator:

Clark, Richard T.

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Linear economic models were utilized to predict effects of various environmental control policies on individual firms. Four different linear models were specified and in some instances relatively minor changes in specification were made which resulted in additional sub-models. Models varied as to numbers and types of fixed factors, variable cost...

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Dissertation

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/ '/yirtjU JQ'J^- (Major) ' (©ate) Title: PREDICTED ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
The impact of economic and institutional forces on farmer adjustment in the north unit Deschutes project

Creator:

Kimball, Norman Delmar

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Dissertation
Livelihoods and land use change in highland Ethiopia

Creator:

Guillozet, Kathleen

Abstract:

This dissertation investigates livelihood and land use change dynamics in a community at the farm-forest periphery in highland Ethiopia. I use interviews and livelihood assessment data to compare the strategies used by members of different wealth groups to negotiate and maintain access to forest resources, and integrate socioeconomic, bio-physical and...

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Dissertation

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describe political, historic, biophysical and economic factors that shape vulnerability. Chapter three