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  • Essays on strategic behavior in oligopoly markets : advertising, output, and price competition

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    Isariyawongse, Kosin
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    This dissertation addresses issues of strategic behavior of firms in oligopoly markets. In the first study we analyze how generic advertising affects brand advertising and firm profits in differentiated oligopoly markets. We develop two models, one with vertical differentiation and another with horizontal differentiation. In the case of vertical differentiation,...
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    sub-game perfect Nash equilibrium. In the Crespi and Marette model, the goal of the marketing

  • Essays on the use of distance functions in empirical studies : efficiency measurement and beyond

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    Vardanyan, Mikayel
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    This dissertation explores the intricacies associated with the use of distance functions in empirical studies. It focuses on the measurement of advertising efficiency and investigates the properties of the models that seek to approximate the abatement costs of socially undesirable outputs. The first manuscript is devoted to the development of...
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    parametric model is used to test for spillovers from rival marketing and from a firm's marketing activity

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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

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    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

  • An economic model of search and matching in international trade

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    Zhang, Xin
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    Small manufacturing firms often serve a domestic market but would like to expand their sales overseas. It is difficult for a small firm to develop overseas contracts and relationships, however, in part because of their small size, and because the advantages of their products may not always be obvious. The...
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    An Economic Model of Search and Matching in International

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

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    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

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

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    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

  • Evaluation of physical and thermal methods to support nonlinear cost optimization models of surimi seafood

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    Hsü, Cheng-kuang
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    Optimization programming techniques were applied to develop the least cost formulations for Pacific whiting surimi-based seafood (PWSBS). To develop the quality constraint functions, texture and color of whiting surimi gels were determined by torsion test and colorimeter, respectively. Whiting surimi gels were produced by heating at 90°C for 15 min....
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    to solve the least cost model for PWSBS. Results for target quality constraints are reported in

  • Spatial and inter-temporal price analysis : including risk perceptions and dynamic trade flow information

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    Han, Shengfei
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    A regime-switching model for market integration study is extended to incorporate dynamic trade flow information and risk perceptions based on an expected utility framework. An application of the extended model to the US-China soybean markets analysis shows that: One, the positive arbitrage rent uncounted-for in the extended model has been...
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    . Econometric Methods 56 3.3.1. Three Regimes and Their Density Functions: Importer's Model 56 3.3.2

  • Common property fisheries resources : a game theoretic and empirical analysis

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    Naito, Toyokazu
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    This dissertation contains theoretical and empirical analyses on common property fisheries resources. The theoretical analysis focuses on a highly migratory fish stocks (HMFS) fishery, and examines the inefficiency caused by non-cooperative harvest. The empirical analysis focuses on a high seas fishery and conducts an empirical test on the effects of...
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    resource rents. In the theoretical analysis, a two period, non-cooperative, game-theoretic model is

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

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    Bergeron, Nancy
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    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

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    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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  • Bioeconomic Simulation Modeling of Fisheries : Three Essays

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    Cusack, Christopher Inju
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    Researchers rely on bioeconomic models to guide research and generate fishery management advice for commercial fisheries. Due partly to a paradigm shift towards ecosystem based fishery management, increasing complexity in the characteristics of the problems has meant that bioeconomic simulation models are becoming more prevalent in the fisheries literature. However...
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    the economic behavior of fishermen is either omitted, or incorporated using a model that is not

  • Capacity utilization and inflation : international evidence

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    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

  • Essays on market imperfection

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    Sohn, Saeyoon
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    This dissertation addresses two topics on market imperfections. First, chapter 2 presents a theoretical model that focuses on problems associated with informational asymmetry. The model presents a dynamic signaling game between a monopolist manufacturer and a monopolist retailer, where demand is uncertain and only the retailer is privately informed. This...
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    topics on market imperfections. First, chapter 2 presents a theoretical model that focuses on problems

  • The determinants of library prices of biology journals : an econometric analysis

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    Phillips, Irina
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    Increases in the prices of scholarly journals have exceeded the general rate of inflation for the last decade and more. In the face of this "serials crisis," libraries have found it increasingly difficult to maintain essential journal collections. This thesis investigates the causes of the serials crisis in biology using...
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    ................................................................................... 20 Econometric Model and Technique ............................................... 21 Variable

  • Supply of milk components on U.S. dairy farms : a cost function analysis

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    Iizuka, Yoko
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    Recently, a new pricing system for dairy products has been introduced in many Federal Milk Marketing

  • The multidimensional role of intrinsic quality in the management of natural resources : a bioeconomic analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

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    Larkin, Sherry L.
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    The relationship between intrinsic fish quality (fish condition before handling), production efficiency, product price, and the optimal management of commercial "wild" fisheries was explored in four companion papers. The optimal management plan-consisting of quotas and harvest schedules - would maximize the discounted net industry revenues (NPV) given a minimum biomass...
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    and corresponding production yields to model a vertically integrated fishery from harvest through