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Essays in applied economics

Creator:: Nag, Sharmistha
Abstract:: My dissertation concerns two separate issues. The first issue is examined in Essay One, and the second issue is examined in Essays Two and Three. The first essay develops an economic model of the determination of the rental rate of leased farmland in the United States. Particular attention is placed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Economics, presented on December 10, 2009. Title: Essays in Applied Economics Abstract approved

Applied economic strategies to evaluate policies and environmental outcomes: case studies from immigration and ecosystem services

Creator:: Natanson, Alexander D.
Abstract:: My dissertation title is, “Applied economic strategies to evaluate policies and environmental outcomes: case studies from immigration and ecosystem services.” The first two chapters of this dissertation concern the relationship between local immigration policies and societal welfare. The third chapter examines the impact of human activity on the environment and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Three Essays on Applied Economics on the Valuation of Ecosystem Cervices and the Economic Outcome of

The selection and training of supervisory personnel

Creator:: Johnson, Kermit Milton
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: respondents answered only a few items. ** Most respondents specified that this applied only to technical or

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Federal Policy, Rural Community Growth, and Wealth Creation: The Impact of the Federal Forest Policy and Rural Development Spending in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Chen, Yong and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: "In this paper, we use community-level data from Oregon’s 234 rural communities, which we define as incorporated cities with less than 50,000 people, to analyze Federal forest policy. We hypothesize that positive policy impacts due to amenity-related migration were confined to nearby communities, while the negative impacts due to mill...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: of Life In Rural Economic Growth.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(2): 352–365

A Burning Problem: Social Dynamics of Disaster Risk Reduction through Wildfire Mitigation

Creator:: Charnley, Susan, Poe, Melissa R., Ager, Alan A., Spies, Thomas A., Platt, Emily K., and Olsen, Keith A.
Abstract:: Disasters result from hazards affecting vulnerable people. Most disasters research by anthropologists focuses on vulnerability; this article focuses on natural hazards. We use the case of wildfire mitigation on United States Forest Service lands in the northwestern United States to examine social, political, and economic variables at multiple scales that...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: . 4, 2015 Copyright © 2015 by the Society for Applied Anthropology 0018-7259/15/040329-12$1.70/1

Essays on applied microeconomics

Creator:: Noh, Dong Woon
Abstract:: This dissertation addresses three topics on applied microeconomics. First, we investigate issues of market power and tax incidence in the U.S. brewing industry. Since alcohol consumption can be addictive, we derive a structural econometric model of addiction from a dynamic oligopoly game. This model identifies the degree of market power...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , "Advertising and the US Market Demand for Beer," Applied Economics, vol 24, no 1, January 1992, 69-76. Modern

Malaria and Economic Development

Creator:: Datta, Saurabh C. and Reimer, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: Malaria tends to have a negative correlation with national income per capita. Many existing studies emphasize how falling rates of malaria can enhance economic development due to the beneficial effect on human capital. This paper emphasizes that causality may also run in the opposite direction, in particular, that higher incomes—arising...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: and health conditions. Our economic model could be applied at the household level using survey data

Biofuel Economics in a Setting of Multiple Objectives & Unintended Consequences

Creator:: Jaeger, William K. and Egelkraut, Thorsten M.
Abstract:: This paper examines biofuels from an economic perspective and evaluates the merits of promoting biofuel production in the context of the policies’ multiple objectives, life-cycle implications, pecuniary externalities, and other unintended consequences. The policy goals most often cited are to reduce fossil fuel use and to lower greenhouse gas emissions....
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Objectives Biofuel Economics in a Setting of Multiple Objectives & Unintended Consequences William

Threshold Management in A Coupled Economic-Ecological System

Creator:: Chen, Yong, Jayaprakash, Ciriyam, and Irwin, Elena
Abstract:: Economic analysis of optimal ecosystem management in the presence of a threshold has typically ignored the potential for induced behavioral responses. This paper contributes to the literature on non-convex ecosystem management by considering the implications of a particular behavioral response in a regional economy - that of amenity-led growth -...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Threshold Management in A Coupled Economic-Ecological System

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Essays in applied economics

Applied economic strategies to evaluate policies and environmental outcomes: case studies from immigration and ecosystem services

The selection and training of supervisory personnel

Applied Economics Department

Federal Policy, Rural Community Growth, and Wealth Creation: The Impact of the Federal Forest Policy and Rural Development Spending in the Pacific Northwest

A Burning Problem: Social Dynamics of Disaster Risk Reduction through Wildfire Mitigation

Essays on applied microeconomics

Malaria and Economic Development

Biofuel Economics in a Setting of Multiple Objectives & Unintended Consequences

Threshold Management in A Coupled Economic-Ecological System

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