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A tourism demand forecast for Japanese travelers to the USA

Creator:: Yamaguchi, Kazuo, 1953-
Abstract:: International tourism is a rapidly growing industry. It is also an important revenue source for certain countries and regions. Therefore, accurate forecasting is called for by those countries and regions. The main purpose of this research is to use multiple regression analysis to estimate equations for forecasting tourism demand by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kazuo Yamaguchi A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

An economic analysis of wheat import demand in South Korea with emphasis on the demand for White Wheat from the U.S.

Creator:: Wagenblast, David E.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: United States-South Korean Trade of White Wheat 5 Specific Obj ectives 9 II Literature Review

The distribution of income wheat farmers as affected by selected government programs

Creator:: Ajamera, Siṅgha
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Supplier opportunity cost of lost sales in the aluminum industry

Creator:: Hudson, John William
Abstract:: A market survey of aluminum users' purchasing policies and the concept of opportunity costs are combined in a quantitative decision model designed to assist aluminum suppliers' efforts in directing products and services improvements. The opportunity cost, as the percentage of business forgone, is determined for seven criteria representing the products...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science

Technology structure and productivity change in the U.S. meat products industry

Creator:: Xia, Yin
Abstract:: The performance of the meat products industry, the largest food processing sector in the U.S. in terms of shipment value, is an important issue. A key indicator of its performance is productivity growth, which results in reduction in the cost of production at given input prices. The present study employs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Productivity Change in the U.S. Meat Products Industry by YinXia A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

R&D investment and productivity in the U.S. and Canadian food processing sectors

Creator:: Chan-Kang, Connie
Abstract:: Increased competition brought about by trade liberalization has raised the stakes for improving productivity in U.S. and Canadian food processing. A key element of productivity growth is technological change, which in turn results from R&D investment. The present study employs an econometric model to assess rates of technological change and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: competition brought about by trade liberalization has raised the stakes for improving productivity in U.S

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Sustainable Development and U.S. Petroleum Policy

Creator:: Talmage, Catherine
Abstract:: The term "sustainable development" describes certain proposals designed to provide the present generation with such needs as food, shelter, and energy while sustaining the environment or stock of natural resources for future generations. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship between sustainable development and current U.S. petroleum...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sustainable Development and U.S. Petroleum Policy by Catherine Talmage A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

The elasticity of excess demand for United States crop exports

Creator:: Zheng, Xiaojuan
Abstract:: The elasticity of excess demand held by foreign buyers of United States agricultural products is critical for understanding the impacts of changes in farm policy and is a parameter that is much debated. The objective of my study is to estimate this parameter for major U.S. export crops, including wheat,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: presented on May 27, 2010. Title: The Elasticity of Excess Demand for United States Crop Exports

How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

Creator:: Hackenbruck, Satenik
Abstract:: Many economists believe that the slowdown of the productivity growth rates in the U.S. economy in early 1970's was a consequence of the increased level of environmental regulations. The main reason presented in support of this argument is that increased environmental regulations impose an additional burden to the firms, thus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in Mexico. During the debates of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1994, this difference

The comparison of productivity growth in the U.S. and Mexican food processing sectors

Creator:: Alpay, Ebru
Abstract:: In this study, the rates of technological change in food processing sectors of U.S. and Mexico are compared through econometric estimation of both the unrestricted (long-run) and restricted (short-run) profit functions with first order autocorrelation correction. Then, the dual rate of productivity growth is computed and decomposed into its sources....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ebru Alpay A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

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A tourism demand forecast for Japanese travelers to the USA

An economic analysis of wheat import demand in South Korea with emphasis on the demand for White Wheat from the U.S.

The distribution of income wheat farmers as affected by selected government programs

Supplier opportunity cost of lost sales in the aluminum industry

Technology structure and productivity change in the U.S. meat products industry

R&D investment and productivity in the U.S. and Canadian food processing sectors

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Sustainable Development and U.S. Petroleum Policy

The elasticity of excess demand for United States crop exports

How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

The comparison of productivity growth in the U.S. and Mexican food processing sectors

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