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  • Essays on the economics of land use regulation

    Creator:
    Lai, Jiayin
    Abstract:
    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper reviews numerous past literatures on how land-use regulation, agricultural subsidies, and use-value assessment method affect land values. The second paper uses a theoretical model to analyze how imposing minimum-lot-size zoning and different designs of minimum-lot-size...
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    from Oregon to investigate the price effect of minimum-lot-size zoning and potential impact of

  • Irrigated agriculture, energy, and endangered species in the Upper Klamath Basin : Evaluating trade-offs and interconnections

    Creator:
    Boehlert, Brent B.
    Abstract:
    In 2001, an extreme drought tightened water supply in the Upper Klamath Basin (basin) while earlier increases in Endangered Species Act (ESA) water requirements for basin fish species that same year elevated demands. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), which manages irrigation water in parts of the basin located near the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Reclamation (Reclamation), which manages irrigation water in parts of the basin located near the Oregon

  • Land use policy and property value

    Creator:
    Grout, Cyrus A.
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    A plethora of land use policies are implemented at the local, state, and federal levels to influence the manner in which land is utilized. The distribution of the costs and benefits associated with implementing such land use policies always has been, and will continue to be, a source of contention....
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    , Oregon, Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) on property values. RDD provides an unbiased estimate of the

  • Right as rain? The value of water in Willamette Valley agriculture

    Creator:
    Kalinin, Alexey V.
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    Signs of climate change across the Pacific Northwest indicate changing patterns of timing and availability of stream flow. Declining summer low flows, decreasing snow pack, higher temperatures and an increasing fraction of mountain precipitation falling as rain, raise concerns about future reliability of stream flows. These changes will likely affect...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Right as Rain? The Value of Water in Willamette Valley

  • The economic value of native pollinators in regard to Oregon blueberry production

    Creator:
    Ritter, Daniel J.
    Abstract:
    Blueberry production in Oregon is highly reliant upon the ecosystem services of native pollinators, which provide as much as a quarter of the total pollination services received by Blueberry growers. However, the health of these pollinator populations may be affected in yet unforeseen ways as growers adopt new pest management...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Economic Value of Native Pollinators in Regard to Oregon Blueberry Production Abstract approved

  • 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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    Oregon. Due to data limitations, empirical study of the Oregon nursery industry is rare. The present

  • An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

    Creator:
    Bolding, Michael Chad, 1977-
    Abstract:
    Recent catastrophic wildfires have forced the forest management community to develop new strategies for reducing forest fuels. Tightly spaced understory trees often create a fire ladder allowing surface fires to encroach into the crowns of overstory trees. This situation can lead to intensive, catastrophic, stand-replacement forest fires. Mechanical removal or...
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    and moral support throughout my education both at Auburn and Oregon State University. Completion of