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  • Effects of Water Scarcity, Climate Variability, and Risk Management Policy on Adaptive Agricultural Production Decisions

    Creator:
    Shi, Jian
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    Water scarcity and extreme weather present substantial risks for agricultural production on the U.S. West Coast. Farmers adapt to water supply uncertainties and climate risks by changing water application rates, adjusting irrigated acres, adopting more efficient irrigation technology, and altering crop mix. Many policy options are available to attain sustainable...
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    JunJie Wu Water scarcity and extreme weather present substantial risks for agricultural production

  • Essays on the interactions between land use, natural amenity and wildfire risk

    Creator:
    Xu, Wenchao
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    It is essential to study the relationship between environmental features and human land-use activities that can provide a better understanding of human-environment interactions. In a response, this dissertation addresses the human-environment issues from different perspectives in three essays. The first essay conducts an integrated analysis to investigate the impacts of...
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    : _____________________________________________ JunJie Wu It is essential to study the relationship between environmental features and

  • Essays on land use regulation

    Creator:
    Hascic, Ivan
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper focuses on the environmental impacts of land use and their implications for the design on water quality trading policies. The second and third papers address local land use regulations and their impact on land values...
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    :--------------~--~~- JunJie Wu This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first

  • Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

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    Yu, Jialing
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    The publicly subsidized Federal Crop Insurance Program has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the United States. With the reform in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Federal Crop Insurance Program has become the most important component of U.S. farm policies. The primary goal of the program is to provide risk...
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ JunJie Wu The

  • Essays on environment and the spatial distribution of economic activities

    Creator:
    Wang, Chunhua
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    Environmental quality and the spatial distribution of economic activities affect each other in many ways. The primary purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to understanding the complex interrelationship and its policy implications. This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay examines the roles that locational amenities and increasing...
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    JunJie Wu Environmental quality and the spatial distribution of economic activities affect each

  • Urbanization under uncertainty and land use regulations : theory and estimation

    Creator:
    Cho, Seong-Hoon
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and policies. The first two papers focus primarily on local land use policies and urban development. The third paper addresses the question how environmental amenities affect households' residential choices in a metropolitan area. In the first paper, an option value...
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  • Essays on conservation policies and agricultural nonpoint source pollution control

    Creator:
    Tanaka, Katsuya
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on agricultural nonpoint source pollution and control. The first paper focuses primarily on agricultural land use changes under alternative conservation policies. The second and third papers address environmental implications of these policies and their cost effectiveness. In the first paper, the effect of alternative...
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  • 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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    : ______________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Capalbo JunJie Wu Location is a critical component of business

  • Essays on natural endowments, conservation policy, and community characteristics

    Creator:
    Lin, Haixia
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    To protect and restore environmental quality, efficient and effective conservation policies are needed. Designing policies require a sound understanding of the contributions of natural endowments to economic vitality, and the performance and impacts of conservation programs. This dissertation consists of three essays, and addresses several issues relevant to these two...
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    : _____________________________________________ JunJie Wu and Richard M. Adams To protect and restore environmental quality, efficient

  • Essays on land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China

    Creator:
    Li, Man
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    China has experienced rapid economic growth in the last twenty years, accompanied by large-scale land conversion, severe environmental degradation, and rising carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. Designing policies for sustainable development requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between economic growth, land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China. This dissertation...
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    approved: JunJie Wu Jeffrey J. Reimer China has experienced rapid economic