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Topics in applied microeconomics : time allocation and natural resource use on Alaska's North Slope and market power in the U.S. motor carrier industry

Creator:: Nebesky, William E.
Abstract:: This paper presents two applications of empirical microeconomics based on choice theoretic optimization principles. The first topic explores the determinants of subsistence time allocation in a utility theoretic model of household production. The second topic examines firm pricing behavior in a deregulated, but concentrated industry setting. The first part of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: econometric model of subsistence time allocation relative to wage labor depends on the nature of this

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

Creator:: Isariyawongse, Kosin
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: horizontal differentiation. In the case of vertical differentiation, we amend Crespi’s (2007) model to

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:: An Economic Model of Search and Matching in International

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

Creator:: Garcia-Martinez, Salvador
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . 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

Creator:: Gulpen, Sam Franciscus Johannes
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 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

Creator:: Hsü, Cheng-kuang
Abstract:: 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....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 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

Creator:: Han, Shengfei
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . 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

Creator:: Naito, Toyokazu
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 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

Creator:: Bergeron, Nancy
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 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

Creator:: Stone, Trevor M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Topics in applied microeconomics : time allocation and natural resource use on Alaska's North Slope and market power in the U.S. motor carrier industry

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

An economic model of search and matching in international trade

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

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

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

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

Common property fisheries resources : a game theoretic and empirical analysis

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

Modeling local timber harvests using a set of error-related economic relations

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