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Management practices and efficiency of farms in the Western Great Plains
(2013-07)
This dissertation is composed of four papers that have been produced as part of a research project designed to increase winter wheat productivity by suppressing cereal aphids in the Western Great Plains of the U.S. One ...
Essays in food demand and production in Mexico
(2012-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The first essay analyzes separability among preferences of the major food groups in Mexico. A two-step censored model and separability restrictions were conducted to determine if beans and potatoes ...
How education breaks the cycle of poverty: An inter-regional study of Indonesian households
(2013-05)
The positive contribution of human capital to income has long been studied and shown to be significant. This study shows the importance of public spending on education in order to accelerate growth and reduce poverty. ...
Disaggregating Beef Demand: Data Limitations and Industry Perspectives
(2019-05-01)
The United States beef industry contributes nearly $70 billion (Industry Statistics, 2019) to the American economy and provides over 27 billion pounds of product each year (LMIC, 2018). The aim of this research was to ...
Analyses of retained ownership and value-added management practices by cow-calf producers
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This research is composed of three essays about value-added management practices by cow-calf producers. The first essay estimates the real option value of retaining ownership of beef calves past ...
Essays on School Size and Student Performance, Hay Yield and Weather Variation, and Economic Development Program Evaluation
(2019-05-01)
Spatial econometrics deal with spatial interaction effects. Models incorporating neighboring effects are more appropriate in education economics, production economics, and regional science. In this dissertation, spatial ...
Three essays on insurance and options in agricultural economics
(2017-05)
Rating of insurance policies depends on the probability of events in the tail of the distribution. A modeling tool based on extreme value theory to measure such tail-related risk could potentially improve insurance rating. ...
Three essays: Switchgrass yield prediction; biomass harvesting cooperative; and Oklahoma grain infrastructure replacement
(2014-05)
The first essay estimates switchgrass yields in Oklahoma using average temperature and total rainfall during summer months. The fitted model agrees well with available yield data and the estimated yields were consistent ...
Agent-based common value auctions
(2011-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This research is composed of three essays about agent-based common value auctions. The objective of the first essay is to establish an agent-based first-price common-value auction to determine ...