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  • Cost function analysis of fruit and vegetable processing in an Oregon cooperative

    Creator:
    Sil, Jayashree
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    A cost function characterizes a firm's cost-minimizing behavior. It is defined as a function of the level of outputs produced and the prices of factors which enter the production process. Econometric estimation of a cost function allows one to test hypotheses regarding the structure of cost and the structure of...
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    . Econometric estimation of a cost function allows one to test hypotheses regarding the structure of cost and

  • The economics of commodity promotion in the hazelnut industry

    Creator:
    Miller, Jason D.
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    The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of commodity promotion activities on the United States' hazelnut farmer's economic welfare. Commodity promotion activities, such as generic advertising and research, are the responsibilities of government mandated commodity commissions, such as the Hazelnut Marketing Board (HMB). The HMB is a...
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    mandated commodity commissions, such as the Hazelnut Marketing Board (HMB). The HMB is a state mandated

  • Determining member contributions to marketing cooperative returns when raw products are commingled before sale

    Creator:
    Stokstad, Grete Synnøve
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    Marketing cooperatives that operate on a pool basis allocate net returns on the basis of the "economic value" of the raw products each member has delivered. Economic values ideally reflect the raw products' expected contributions to pool net return. In a competitive market, raw product prices would reflect these expected...
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    : Determining Member Contributions to Marketing Cooperative Returns When Raw Products are Commingled Before

  • Demand and profitability for albacore products : a multi-attribute analysis

    Creator:
    Garcia-Martinez, Salvador
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    The main purpose of this research is to provide the commercial seafood industry of the Pacific Northwest information on preferences of restaurateurs, retailers, and wholesalers for whole albacore, low-value added albacore products (chunks, medallions, and steaks), albacore loins, and high-value added albacore products (hot smoked and lox). All of these...
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    . Profitability equations for albacore products were estimated using a two- limit Tobit model. From the self

  • An examination of market structure and market power for annual and perennial ryegrass seed

    Creator:
    Ghasedi, Bizhan
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    This thesis examines how two grass seed industries respond to changes in the production environment. Two sets of factors are necessary to understand what adjustments would be made. First, it is necessary to know the nature of the markets and whether market power is being exerted. Second we need to...
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    on Testing Market Power 18 III THE ECONOMETRIC MODEL 21 The Theoretical Model 21 Data Requirements

  • Using country-level forest coverage to analyze the existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve

    Creator:
    Gulpen, Sam Franciscus Johannes
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    This thesis seeks to analyze the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality, in this case measured by forest cover, and analyzes whether this relationship is consistent with an Environmental Kuznets Curve. Additionally the relationship between population density and forest cover was analyzed. A simple theoretical model is derived that...
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    and forest cover was analyzed. A simple theoretical model is derived that describes a number of

  • Economic incentives for the conservation of biodiversity with multiple decision-makers

    Creator:
    Bergeron, Nancy
    Abstract:
    This thesis investigates the incentives for the conservation of biodiversity with multiple decision-makers by comparing the market equilibrium solution to the social optimum under different assumptions. Geographic land areas are modeled to permit two conflicting uses: conservation of biodiversity or conversion of the land for some economic activity. Two main...
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    or conversion of the land for some economic activity. Two main models are developed The first model

  • Modeling local timber harvests using a set of error-related economic relations

    Creator:
    Stone, Trevor M.
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    Recent changes in public timber supplies in the Pacific Northwest have increased the importance of the role private timber plays in the forest products industry and local communities. Most economic models of timber supply, however, have emphasized national or regional markets where data are adequate and statistical testing methodologies relatively...
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  • An econometric analysis of output supply and input demand in the Oregon softwood lumber and plywood industries

    Creator:
    Guerrero Ochoa, Isabel G.
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    The present study employs a normalized restricted quadratic profit function approach to estimate lumber and plywood supply and Marshallian factor demand elasticities for four region-product combinations in Oregon for the period 1970-2010. The four log demand functions will be employed as the "demand side" of the log market model of...
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    ...............................................................................................................................8 THE ECONOMETRIC MODEL

  • Capacity utilization and inflation : international evidence

    Creator:
    Padungrat, Teardchart
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    The relevance of domestic and foreign capacity utilization rates in forecasting future inflation rate has been investigated empirically, using five industrialized countries for which the comparable data are available. It has been found that capacity utilization rates, both domestic and foreign, have a long run stable relationship with domestic inflation...
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    to shocks in one of the model variables. The application of these relevant econometric methods is