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New non-parametric efficiency measures : an application to the U.S. brewing industry

Creator:: Zelenyuk, Valentin
Abstract:: This study focuses on the development of new, non-parametric efficiency measures based on the idea of aggregation via merging functions. We use Shephard's (1970) axiomatic approach of distance functions as the basis for theoretical methodology. In particular, this approach is a background for non-parametric efficiency measures defined on a linearly...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Application to the U.S. Brewing Industry. Abstract approved: Rolf Fare This study focuses on the

Smooth nonparametric conditional quantile profit function estimation

Creator:: Piskunov, Anton
Abstract:: Recently, in an attempt to produce robust production frontier estimators, Aragon et al. [2005, Nonparametric frontier estimation: a conditional quantile-based approach. Econometric Theory 21, 358-389] and Martins-Filho and Yao [2008, A smooth nonparametric conditional quantile frontier estimator. Journal of Econometrics 143, 317-333] considered the estimation of nonparametric α- frontier models...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) are defined respectively as g(x) = sup{y ∈ <+ : (x, y) ∈ Ψ, x ∈

An economic model of search and matching in international trade

Creator:: Zhang, Xin
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Durham, Dr. Rolf Fare and Dr. Jeffrey Barden for their valuable comments and suggestions. I also want

A spatially explicit model for allocating conservation efforts : the Grand Ronde River basin, Oregon

Creator:: Watanabe, Michio
Abstract:: The spatial and dynamic pattern of landscape changes has a profound effect on the supply of environmental services, including the provision of habitat for fish and wildlife. Spatial heterogeneity is a common feature of landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, most notably in areas important to the production of salmonid fish...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Dr. JunJie Wu, Dr. Bill Boggess, Dr. John Bolte, Mr. Matt Cox, Dr. Joe Ebersole, Dr. Rolf Fare, Dr

Elucidating Key Aspects of the Biology of Select Species of Snail-killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) in Oregon

Creator:: Alzahrani, Fares
Abstract:: Members of the family Sciomyzidae, known as snail-killing or marsh flies, are unique amongst insects in that the vast majority of reared species feed exclusively on mollusks and as a result their biological control potential has been well documented in the scientific literature. However, in North America there is a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

OpMNPV p87, a baculovirus capsid protein : genetic location, nucleotide sequence, transcriptional mapping and immunochemical characterization

Creator:: Müller, Rolf
Abstract:: A capsid protein termed p87 of the Orgyia pseudotsugata multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus (OpMNPV) was located to the HindIII-G fragment of the viral genome by Southern hybridization. A 3.6 kb segment of this region was sequenced and an 1872-nt open reading frame encoding the p 87 protein was identified and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THE THESIS OF Rolf Mailer for the degree of Master of Science in Entomology presented on August 21

Measurement and scrubbing of SO₂ and NOx from boiler flue gases

Creator:: Reichel, Rolf Hubertus
Abstract:: At the Oregon State University heating plant the primary source of heat energy is natural gas with crude oil as the standby supply of fuel. In the future, as natural gas becomes a rarer commodity, more reliance will be placed on the use of the more expensive, more polluting, but...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ROLF HUBERTUS REICHEL for the

Exploring the biology and monitoring techniques of two economically impactful Chrysobothris species in Oregon hazelnuts

Creator:: Rudolph, Erica
Abstract:: Chrysobothris mali Horn and C. femorata Olivier (Coleoptera : Buprestidae) are two flatheaded wood boring beetle species that have become economically impactful pests in North American high value tree cropping systems. Both species are native to North America, with C. femorata occurring across the continent (Wellso and Manley 2007), whereas...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Hazelnuts Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Nik G

Palynological Perspectives on Younger Dryas to Early Holocene Human Ecology at Paisley Caves, Oregon

Creator:: Saban, Chantel V.
Abstract:: The Younger Dryas climatic event is a global phenomenon associated with a 1,000 year return to glacial conditions during the late Pleistocene period between 12,800 and 11,500 cal BP. Because of its significant effects on paleoenvironmental conditions in some parts of the world, archaeologists commonly seek to assess whether the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Loren G. Davis The Younger Dryas climatic event

Investigation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) transport by suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the lower Columbia River and its estuary

Creator:: Gregg, Tiffany
Abstract:: This study aims to improve knowledge of how suspended particulate matter (SPM) affects hydrophobic contaminant transport in the lower Columbia River and its estuary, using polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as model compounds. It is hypothesized that PAHs are transported to the estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM), a prime feeding zone in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________ Fredrick G. Prahl This study aims to improve knowledge of how suspended particulate matter

ScholarsArchive@OSU

New non-parametric efficiency measures : an application to the U.S. brewing industry

Smooth nonparametric conditional quantile profit function estimation

An economic model of search and matching in international trade

A spatially explicit model for allocating conservation efforts : the Grand Ronde River basin, Oregon

Elucidating Key Aspects of the Biology of Select Species of Snail-killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) in Oregon

OpMNPV p87, a baculovirus capsid protein : genetic location, nucleotide sequence, transcriptional mapping and immunochemical characterization

Measurement and scrubbing of SO₂ and NOx from boiler flue gases

Exploring the biology and monitoring techniques of two economically impactful Chrysobothris species in Oregon hazelnuts

Palynological Perspectives on Younger Dryas to Early Holocene Human Ecology at Paisley Caves, Oregon

Investigation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) transport by suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the lower Columbia River and its estuary

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