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Essays on African rural development and environmental and natural resource policy
(2017-05)
My dissertation consists of three essays in development economics and empirical microeconomics.
Three essays: Reservoir management; switchgrass land leasing; and its environmental impact
(2012-12)
First essay determines the optimal lake levels for Lake Tenkiller that maximizes the total net economic benefits derived from both marketed and non-marketed uses under stochastic inflows. It was found that for Lake Tenkiller ...
Impacts of permanent and temporary shocks on optimal length of moving average to forecast a time series
(2013-05)
Moving averages are often used for forecasting and the optimal length of the moving average depends on the size and frequency of structural breaks. A new time series model is proposed to describe permanent shocks related ...
Three essays examining the effects of information on consumer response to contemporary agricultural production
(2014-05)
Future agricultural innovation and increases in the food supply may be limited by consumer aversion to food technology and factors associated with the concentration of production. The ability of agricultural innovators and ...
Economics of the Greenseeder Hand Planter, Discrete Choice Modeling, and On-Farm Field Experimentation
(2019-08)
Corn yields in developing countries are lower than in developed countries partly due to planting methods that involve hand dropping of multiple seeds per hill. Researchers from Oklahoma State University (OSU) recently ...
Calendar spread options for storable commodities
(2013-12)
Previous studies provide pricing models of options on futures spreads. However, none fully reflect the economic reality that spreads can stay near full carry for long periods of time. A new option pricing model is derived ...
Food and nutrient demand in Indonesia
(2012-12)
This study estimated and analyzed the impact of economic (price and expenditure) and demographic variables on food and nutrient demand in Indonesia using the data set collected from the national social and economic survey ...
Optimal beef cow stocking rates in the U.S. Southern Plains
(2019-12)
This research investigates optimal beef-cow stocking rates under common drought management scenarios in the U.S. Southern Plains. An Angus spring calving herd utilizing native range forage and hay was modeled. The relationship ...