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  • Explaining divergence of service prices in developing countries

    Creator:
    Pakotiprapha, Sauwaluck
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    In explaining why service prices differ across countries (both developed and developing countries), most studies have paid attention to the role of structural variables such as population, trade balance, resource abundance etc., by using a full employment assumption. Due to the existence of high urban unemployment in developing countries, the...
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    my studies at Oregon State University. My other committee members, Dr. Richard Towey, Dr. Joe

  • The accuracy, applicability and transferability of contingent valuation measures for nonmarket goods

    Creator:
    Berrens, Robert Patrick, 1962-
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    Despite several decades of research developments, the survey-based contingent valuation (CV) method remains one of the most controversial topics in environmental economics. As the procedure matures and more applied studies are completed, there is increasing pressure to make the results policy relevant. This research is composed of three distinct yet...
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    inquiry has been a constant. Professor Joe Kerkvliet, graduate committee member, has been instrumental in

  • Code-sharing in the U.S. airline industry

    Creator:
    Du, Yan
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    This dissertation consists of two essays that address code-sharing alliances in the U.S. domestic airline industry. The first essay examines the economic impact of code-sharing using data from the complementary code-sharing agreement between Southwest and ATA Airlines. This code-share agreement is found to decrease air fares and increase passenger volumes...
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    completion of this dissertation possible. I would like to thank Dr. Joe Kerkvliet, Dr. Andrew

  • Modeling conservation incentives for private landowners

    Creator:
    Langpap, Christian
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on the use of incentives for conservation of endangered species on private land. The first paper examines incentives based on providing landowners with assurances regarding future regulation in exchange for their participation in a conservation agreement. The second and third papers are empirical analyses...
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  • Advances in Modeling Natural Resource Management under Uncertainty : Forest Mortality, Policy Design, and the Value of Information

    Creator:
    Sloggy, Matthew R.
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    Advancing the understanding of natural resource management is an important step in mitigating the effects of human activity on the environment, and ensuring efficient outcomes for many sectors of the economy. As humanity’s role in the natural world becomes better understood, the importance of interdisciplinary modeling has grown in leaps...
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    and companionship that Joe Kerkvliet showed me during my time in Corvallis. Thanks to Joe, I am now